Etymology

hyperzeugma

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Today it means: A rhetorical figure in which each phrase or clause has its own verb. The opposite of zeugma. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromὑπέρ
  2. English todayhyperzeugma

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”)

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὑπέρ all →

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