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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 predicateplay

  Familiarity information: HYPOZEUGMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYPOZEUGMA (noun)


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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