hendiadic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hendiadys +‎ -ic

Adjective[edit]

hendiadic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to hendiadys.
    • 2002, Joan L. Bybee, ‎Michael Noonan, Complex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse, page 152:
      Syntactically, hendiadic constructions differ from synthetonic sequences in that the latter are separate clauses, and hence are separately negatable and may have different tenses and aspects and different subjects.