Definition of syllepsis Syllepsis
syl•lep•sis
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What does syllepsis mean?
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NounPlural: syllepses |
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| syllepsis - use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one |
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- syllepsis (Noun)
A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity. - syllepsis (Noun)
Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of a bud or period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- syllepsis (n.)
A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time. - syllepsis (n.)
The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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syllepsis
sil-lep′sis, n. substitution: a figure in rhetoric by which we take the sense of words rather by the intention of the author than by the strictness of grammar: the agreement of a verb or adjective, not with the word next it, but with some other word in the sentence.—adjs. Syllep′tic, -al.—adv. Syllep′tically. [Gr. syllēpsis—syn, together, lambanein, to take.]
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🔤- syllepsis, noun, singular of syllepses.
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