hypozeugma

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noun

A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.

OriginAncient Greek ὑπο- →
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Meanings

noun

alternative hypozeugmenon

  1. rhetoricA zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὑπο-
  2. Englishhypozeugma

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”)

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