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Polysyndeton

Polysyndeton Meaning & Definition
Polysyndeton Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Polysyndeton?

[n] using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')

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See Also | rhetorical device

Polysyndeton In Webster's Dictionary

\Pol`y*syn"de*ton\, n. [NL., from Gr. poly`s many + ? bound together, fr. ? to bind together; ? with + ? to bind.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, ``We have ships and men and money and stores.'' Opposed to {asyndeton}.

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