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Definition of Zeugma
1. Noun. Use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one. "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma"
Definition of Zeugma
1. n. A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;" where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.
2. n. A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;" where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.
Definition of Zeugma
1. Noun. (rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one. ¹
2. Noun. (rhetoric) Syllepsis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Zeugma
1. the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words, while applying to each in a different sense [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Zeugma
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