About The Word Polysyndeton
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Polysyndeton
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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')
Synonyms | Synonyms for Polysyndeton: Related Terms | Find terms related to Polysyndeton: 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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