Anthimeria

In rhetoric, anthimeria, traditionally and more properly called antimeria (from the Greek: ἀντί, antí, "against, opposite" and μέρος, méros, "part"), is the use of a noun as if it were a verb.

Examples

• "I'll unhair thy head." (Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, II, v.)
• "The thunder would not peace at my bidding". (Shakespeare, King Lear, IV, vi.)
• "Me, dictionary-ing heavily, 'Where was the one they were watching?'" (Ernest Hemingway, Green Hills of Africa)
• "'Let me not suppose that she dares go about, Emma Woodhouse-ing me!'" (Jane Austen, Emma)
• "I just verbed it, I just verbed verb" (Hank Green, Vlogbrothers Episode: "HANKLERFISH!")

See also

• Figure of speech
• Verbification