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asyndeton

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Letters
9
Pronunciation
/əˈsɪndətən/
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/əˈsɪndətən/ · /æ-/ · /eɪ-/

Definition of asyndeton

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noun

  1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)Omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.
    “Asyndeton, or the Loose language... as thus. I saw it, I said it, I will sweare it.”
    “Asyndeton the Cop'latives denies. Faith, Justice, Truth, Religion, Mercy dies.”
    “Asyndeton the copulative denies; And sometimes haste and rage sometimes implies.”

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Etymology

From Latin asyndeton, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton), from ἀ- (a-, “a-, un-, non-”) and the neuter substantive of σῠ́νδετος (sŭ́ndetos, “bound, joined”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”). Equivalent to a- + syndeton.

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