DISTORTIO  

換音押韻法 The exchange of one sound for another for the sake of rhyme., as wrang for wrong.

Known in Renaissance textsbooks as ANTISTHECON.

Hypernym
  • METAPLASMUSRHETORICAL FIGURE consisting in the reshaping of an expression rather than the addition or omission of elements. 改詞法 Transformation of the form of words, e.g. Mavors for Mars".
    • RHETORICAL FIGURE形式詞格 RHETORICAL DEVICE which mainly consists in the distribution of expressions in a passage.
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REF: Not in Lausberg or Ernesti. Renaissance term.

Greek/Latin: Rare. Very common in Middle High German poetry.

Ancient Chinese: Would probably often not be retrievable given the writing system.

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