prosopopeia

prosopopeia (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of prosopopoeia
   • 1647, John Trapp, Commentary on the Book of Isaiah:

     The mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing. The mute and brute creatures, as they seem to groan together with the faithful, {#Ro 8:21,22} so here, by a prosopopeia, they are brought in as congratulating and applauding their deliverance.

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• prosopopéia (pre-1990 spelling)

• Hyphenation: pro‧so‧po‧pei‧a

prosopopeia f (plural prosopopeias)

1. prosopopoeia