syllepsis

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/sɪˈlɛp.sɪs/ (UK)

Definition of syllepsis

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity.
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noun

  1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity.
  2. (countable, uncountable)Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of a bud or period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.

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Etymology

From Latin syllepsis, from Ancient Greek σύλληψις (súllēpsis), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō).

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5-letter words

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2-letter words

8 words

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