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asyndeta

asyndeta is the plural of asyndeton.

Meaning of asyndeton

Noun

asyndeton (countable and uncountable, plural asyndetons or asyndeta)

  1. (rhetoric) Omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.
    • Asyndeton, or the Loose language... as thus. I saw it, I said it, I will sweare it.1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, page 145
    Synonyms:
    dissolutio, asyndesis, asyndetism

Questions about asyndeta

What is asyndeta the plural of?
Asyndeta is the plural of asyndeton.

Words near asyndeta in the dictionary

  1. asynclitically
  2. asynclitism
  3. asyncronicity
  4. asyncronous
  5. asyndesis
  6. asyndeta
  7. asyndetic
  8. asyndetically
  9. asyndeton
  10. asyndetons
  11. asynergia

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