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Polysyndeton - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Polysyndeton : (noun)
1: using several conjunctions in close succession, especially
where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and
laughed for joy')
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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