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epizeugma

epizeugma noun: a type of zeugma in which a single verb governs two or more clauses or phrases, placed either at the very beginning or the very end of the sentence.

Noun

epizeugma (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) A type of zeugma in which a single verb governs two or more clauses or phrases, placed either at the very beginning or the very end of the sentence.

Forms of epizeugma

alternative formepizeugmenon

Origin of epizeugma

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπίζευγμα (epízeugma), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”).

Questions about epizeugma

What does epizeugma mean?
Epizeugma means a type of zeugma in which a single verb governs two or more clauses or phrases, placed either at the very beginning or the very end of the sentence.
What part of speech is epizeugma?
Epizeugma is a noun.

Words near epizeugma in the dictionary

  1. epivariant
  2. epivariants
  3. epivolkenin
  4. epixylic
  5. epixylous
  6. epizeugma
  7. epizeugmenon
  8. epizeuxes
  9. epizeuxis
  10. epizoa
  11. epizoan

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