zeugmas

[US]/ˈzɔɪɡməs/
[UK]/ˈzoʊɡməˌs/

Translation

n.the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way

Phrases & Collocations

zeugmas in literature

zeugmas and humor

zeugmas for effect

zeugmas in poetry

zeugmas in rhetoric

zeugmas in speech

zeugmas as device

zeugmas for clarity

zeugmas in writing

zeugmas in dialogue

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