slovo | definícia |
polysyndeton (encz) | polysyndeton, n: |
Polysyndeton (gcide) | Polysyndeton \Pol`y*syn"de*ton\, n. [NL., from Gr. poly`s many +
? bound together, fr. ? to bind together; ? with + ? to
bind.] (Rhet.)
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.
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polysyndeton (wn) | polysyndeton
n 1: using several conjunctions in close succession, especially
where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and
laughed for joy') |
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Polysyndeton (gcide) | Polysyndeton \Pol`y*syn"de*ton\, n. [NL., from Gr. poly`s many +
? bound together, fr. ? to bind together; ? with + ? to
bind.] (Rhet.)
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.
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