figure of speech plural
fig·ure of speech
The plural form of figure of speech is figures of speech
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- noun plural figure of speech any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1). 1