PROSOPOPEIA or PROSOPOPOEIA

PRONUNCIATION: (pruh-so-puh-PEE-uh)

MEANING: noun:
1. A figure of speech in which an imaginary or absent person is represented as speaking or acting.
2. A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or something abstract is represented as possessing human form: personification.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin prosopopoeia, from Greek prosopopoiia (personification), from prosopon (face, mask), from pros- (facing) + ops (eye) + poiein (to make). Earliest documented use: 1550.
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PROSOPOPERA - A figure of speech in which an imaginary or absent person avoids verse while singing

PROMOPOPEIA - advertisement for a succulent tropical fruit about 6-18 inches long, 4-12 inches in diameter, known as Papaya or sometimes Pawpaw.

PRO-STOP-OPEIA - in favor of interrupting travel frequently for a bathroom break