syllepsis
A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words…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.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)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.
Syllepse, Syllepsis
си́ллепсsílleps
(countable, uncountable)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.
- use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one
Translations
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Origin
From Latin syllepsis, from Ancient Greek σύλληψις (súllēpsis), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánōFrom Latin syllepsis, from Ancient Greek σύλληψις (súllēpsis), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō).
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Forms
plural: syllepsesAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable