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Definition of Polysyndeton
1. Noun. Using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy').
Definition of Polysyndeton
1. n. A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to asyndeton.
Definition of Polysyndeton
1. Noun. (rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polysyndeton
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polysyndeton
Literary usage of Polysyndeton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Might and Mirth of Literature: A Treatise on Figurative Language. In by John Walker Vilant Macbeth (1876)
"polysyndeton is our next figure, or Superfluity of Ands. All birds have two wings
... Asyndeton assures us of polysyndeton—a proof and illustration, ..."
2. Manual of English Rhetoric by Andrew Dousa Hepburn (1875)
"The former construction is called Asyndeton; the latter, polysyndeton. Both make
conspicuous the relations of the notions to each other and to the main ..."
3. A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and by John Walker (1823)
"Asyndeton and polysyndeton. ASYNDETON and polysyndeton or Omission and ...
speaker : and that the polysyndeton " adds a weight and gravity to an expression, ..."
4. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator by Quintilian (1876)
"Asyndeton aud polysyndeton, 50—54. Climax, 55—57. Of figures formed by retrenchment
of words : words left to be understood from the context, 58—61. ..."
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