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SYLLEPSIS (syllepses)
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Irregular inflected form: syllepses
Dictionary entry overview: What does syllepsis mean?
• SYLLEPSIS (noun)
The noun SYLLEPSIS has 1 sense:
1. use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one
Familiarity information: SYLLEPSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("syllepsis" is a kind of...):
zeugma (use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb's polysemy, for humorous effect)
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