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- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromὑπερ-
- English todayhyperzeuxis
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπερ- (huper-) + ζευγνύναι (zeugnúnai, “to yoke”)
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hyperzeuxis
Today it means: The opposite of hypozeuxis; a figure in which multiple clauses share a single subject or predicate, often considered a form of zeugma or syllepsis. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ὑπερ-