zeugmatic
11zeugma — n. literary device of using word to modify two other words with only one of which it is correctly used. ♦ zeugmatic, a …
12zeugma — [zyo͞og′mə, zo͞og′mə] n. [L < Gr, lit., YOKE] 1. SYLLEPSIS 2. a figure of speech in which a single word, usually a verb or adjective, is syntactically related to two or more words, though having a different sense in relation to each (Ex.: The… …
13zeugma — n. a figure of speech using a verb or adjective with two nouns, to one of which it is strictly applicable while the word appropriate to the other is not used (e.g. with weeping eyes and Etymology: sc. grieving hearts) (cf. SYLLEPSIS). Derivatives …
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