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HYPOZEUGMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypozeugma mean?
• HYPOZEUGMA (noun)
The noun HYPOZEUGMA has 1 sense:
1. use of a series of subjects with a single predicate
Familiarity information: HYPOZEUGMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Use of a series of subjects with a single predicate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hypozeugma" is a kind of...):
rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))
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