| metaplasm (rhetoric) |
| Definition: A figure of speech where words are transposed from their normal order to increase emphasis. |
| Example: Why should their gasoline than ours cost less? |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Greek metaplasso, to remodel (from the Greek plassein, to mold; hence plaster, a substance that can be molded). |
| Oxford English Dictionary: It first citation is from 1432–50: "Of the rewles of feete metricalle, of metaplasmus, of dialog metricalle." (tr. Higden (Rolls) VI. 183) |