hendiadys

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English

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin, from Ancient Greek ἕν (hén), stem of εἷς (heîs, one) + διά (diá, through) + δύο (dúo, two), “one [idea] through two [words]”.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hɛnˈdaɪ.ədɪs/
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Noun

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Examples

hendiadys (plural hendiadyses)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea.
    Coordinate term: hendiatris
    • 1984, Wilfred G. E. Watson, Classical Hebrew Poetry, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 327:
      Some examples of hendiadys comprise two words in the bound state; others, two words in appositional hendiadys. It would seem that certain cases of appositional hendiadys are closely related to wordpairs (see WORD-PAIRS, BREAK-UP), though which way the development proceeded is far from certain.
    • 2002, Joan L. Bybee, Michael Noonan, Complex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse, page 152:
      Each illustrates a different facet of verbal hendiadys in English.

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Noun

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hendiadys m (plural hendiadys)

  1. (rhetoric) hendiadys

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