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hyperzeuxis

hyperzeuxis noun: the opposite of hypozeuxis; a figure in which multiple clauses share a single subject or predicate, often considered a form of zeugma or syllepsis.

Noun

hyperzeuxis (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The opposite of hypozeuxis; a figure in which multiple clauses share a single subject or predicate, often considered a form of zeugma or syllepsis.

Origin of hyperzeuxis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπερ- (huper-) + ζευγνύναι (zeugnúnai, “to yoke”)

Questions about hyperzeuxis

What does hyperzeuxis mean?
Hyperzeuxis means the opposite of hypozeuxis; a figure in which multiple clauses share a single subject or predicate, often considered a form of zeugma or syllepsis.
What part of speech is hyperzeuxis?
Hyperzeuxis is a noun.

Words near hyperzeuxis in the dictionary

  1. hyperwriting
  2. Hyperyon
  3. hyperzealotry
  4. hyperzeugma
  5. hyperzeugmenon
  6. hyperzeuxis
  7. hyperzincuria
  8. hyperæmia
  9. hyperæmic
  10. hyperæsthesia
  11. hyperæsthesiæ

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