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polysyndeton |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polysyndeton \Pol`y*syn"de*ton\, n. [NL., from Gr poly`s many + ? bound together, fr ? to bind together; ? with + ? 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: polysyndeton n : using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')
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