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Meaning of POLYSYNDETON

Pronunciation:  `pâlee'sindi`tân

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')
 

POLYSYNDETON is a 12 letter word that starts with P.

 

 See Also: rhetorical device

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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