HENDIADYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hendiadys mean? 

• HENDIADYS (noun)
  The noun HENDIADYS has 1 sense:

1. use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier

  Familiarity information: HENDIADYS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HENDIADYS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hendiadys" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))