About The Word Zeugma
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Zeugma
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What's The Definition Of Zeugma?
[n] use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Zeugma: Related Terms | Find terms related to Zeugma: See Also | figure | figure of speech | image | syllepsis | trope Zeugma In Webster's Dictionary \Zeug"ma\, n. [L., from Gr. ?, fr. ? to yoke, join. See
{Yoke}.] (Gram.)
A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a
nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to
another more remote; as, ``hic illius arma, hic currus
fuit;'' where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is
referred also to arma.
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