POLYSYNDETON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polysyndeton mean? 

• POLYSYNDETON (noun)
  The noun POLYSYNDETON has 1 sense:

1. using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYSYNDETON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("polysyndeton" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))