polysyndeton

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
23
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/pɒlɪˈsɪndɪtɒn/

Definition of polysyndeton

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence.
    “In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow, And every word its copulative will shew.”
    “[Hemingway] often employs a variety of polysyndeton—a frequent use of conjunctions, most notably “and”—linking elements in a sentence together in a way that implies all parts are of equal importance, while in fact one unit of the series may be much more significant than the others.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin polysyndeton, itself from Byzantine Greek πολυσύνδετον (polusúndeton, literally “many connected”).

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