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polysyndetons

polysyndetons 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 polysyndetons

What is polysyndetons the plural of?
Polysyndetons is the plural of polysyndeton.

Words near polysyndetons in the dictionary

  1. polysyndactyly
  2. polysyndeta
  3. polysyndetic
  4. polysyndetically
  5. polysyndeton
  6. polysyndetons
  7. polysyndromic
  8. polysynodies
  9. polysynody
  10. polysynovitis
  11. polysynth

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