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hypozeuxis

/haɪpəˈzjuːksɪs/

hypozeuxis noun: an expression whose every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.

Noun

hypozeuxis

  1. (rhetoric) An expression whose every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.

Origin of hypozeuxis

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

Questions about hypozeuxis

What does hypozeuxis mean?
Hypozeuxis means an expression whose every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.
What part of speech is hypozeuxis?
Hypozeuxis is a noun.
How do you pronounce hypozeuxis?
Hypozeuxis is pronounced /haɪpəˈzjuːksɪs/.

Words near hypozeuxis in the dictionary

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

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