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Webster 1913 Edition

Polysyndeton

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Polˊy-syn′de-ton

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Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
πολύσ
many + [GREEK] bound together, fr. [GREEK] to bind together; [GREEK] with + [GREEK] to bind.]
(Rhet.)
A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, “We have ships and men and money and stores.” Opposed to
asyndeton
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Webster 1828 Edition

Polysyndeton

POLYSYN'DETON

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Noun.
[Gr. many and connecting.] A figure of rhetoric by which the copulative is often repeated; as, 'we have ships and men and money and stores.'

Definition 2024

Polysyndeton

Polysyndeton

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German

Noun

Polysyndeton n ‎(genitive Polysyndetons, plural Polysyndeta)

  1. (rhetoric) polysyndeton

polysyndeton

polysyndeton

See also: Polysyndeton

English

Noun

polysyndeton ‎(plural polysyndetons)

  1. (rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence.

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Etymology

From Late Latin polysyndeton, from Byzantine Greek πολυσύνδετον ‎(polusúndeton, literally “many connected”).

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