Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Metalepsis \Met`a*lep"sis\, n.; pl. Metalepses. [L., fr. Gr. ?
participation, alteration, fr. ? to partake, to take in
exchange; ? beyond + ? to take.] (Rhet.)
The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession
of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a
different kind in one word.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
metalepsis
n 1: substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another