a. [ad. mod.L. synecdochicus, a. Gr. συνεκδοχικός, f. συνεκδοχή SYNECDOCHE.] a. Gram. and Rhet. = next, a. b. Ethnol. Involving SYNECDOCHISM (see b).
1787. Pinkerton, Diss. Scythians, I. iv. 69, note. Diodorus Siculus remarks the cloudy speech, and intellect, synecdochic phrase, and hyperbolic pride, of the old Celts.
1894–5. Ann. Rep. Bur. Amer. Ethnol., 21. Incantation and sorcery through nail-parings, hair-combings, and other parts of the person (the synecdochic magic of Mason).
