syllepsis
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin syllepsis, from Ancient Greek σύλληψις
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
syllepsis (countable and uncountable; plural syllepses)
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She lowered her standards by raising her glass, Her courage, her eyes and his hopes. |
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity
- (botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of a bud or period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
Antonyms [edit]
- (botany): prolepsis
Coordinate terms [edit]
- (rhetoric): zeugma
Hypernyms [edit]
- (rhetoric): brachylogy
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
figure of speech
botany: growth of branches without dormancy
References [edit]
Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
syllepsis (genitive syllepsis); f, third declension
