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zeugma |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Zeugma \Zeug"ma\, n. [L., from Gr ?, fr ? to yoke, join See {Yoke}.] (Gram.) A figure by which an adjective or verb which agrees with a nearer word is by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as ``hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;'' where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: zeugma n : use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma"
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