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polysyndeta

polysyndeta is the plural of polysyndeton.

Meaning of polysyndeton

Noun

polysyndeton (countable and uncountable, plural polysyndetons or polysyndeta)

  1. (rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence.
    • In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow,
      And every word its copulative will shew.1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Polysyndeton.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 53

Questions about polysyndeta

What is polysyndeta the plural of?
Polysyndeta is the plural of polysyndeton.

Words near polysyndeta in the dictionary

  1. polysynaptic
  2. polysynaptical
  3. polysynaptically
  4. polysyndactylism
  5. polysyndactyly
  6. polysyndeta
  7. polysyndetic
  8. polysyndetically
  9. polysyndeton
  10. polysyndetons
  11. polysyndromic

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