1. (n.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.

2. (n.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.

adornment alliteration allusion anacoluthon anadiplosis analogy anaphora anastrophe antiphrasis antithesis antonomasia apophasis aporia aposiopesis apostrophe beauties catachresis chiasmus circumlocution climax colors colors of rhetoric conversion ecphonesis elegant variation embellishment embroidery emphasis exclamation figure fine writing floridity floridness flourish floweriness flowers of speech frill gemination hypallage hyperbaton hyperbole inversion irony litotes lushness luxuriance malapropism meiosis metaphor metonymy onomatopoeia ornament ornamentation oxymoron paregmenon parenthesis periphrasis personification pleonasm preterition prolepsis purple patches regression repetition sarcasm simile similitude spoonerism syllepsis symploce synecdoche zeugma