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protozeugma

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

Noun

protozeugma

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

Forms of protozeugma

alternative formprotozeugmenon

Origin of protozeugma

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

Questions about protozeugma

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

Words near protozeugma in the dictionary

  1. protoxyds
  2. protoxylem
  3. protoxylems
  4. protoyonogenin
  5. protoyuccoside
  6. protozeugma
  7. protozeugmenon
  8. protozoa
  9. protozoal
  10. protozoan
  11. protozoans

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