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hypozeugma

hypozeugma noun: a zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.

Noun

hypozeugma

  1. (rhetoric) A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.

Forms of hypozeugma

alternative formhypozeugmenon

Origin of hypozeugma

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”)

Questions about hypozeugma

What does hypozeugma mean?
Hypozeugma means a zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
What part of speech is hypozeugma?
Hypozeugma is a noun.

Words near hypozeugma in the dictionary

  1. hypoxias
  2. hypoxic
  3. hypoxically
  4. hypoxidaceous
  5. hypoxyphilia
  6. hypozeugma
  7. hypozeugmenon
  8. hypozeuxis
  9. hypozincaemia
  10. hypozincemia
  11. hypozoic

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