zeugmatic
1Zeugmatic — eug*mat ic, a. Of or pertaining to zeugma; characterized by zeugma. [1913 Webster] …
2zeugmatic — adjective Involving zeugma …
3zeugmatic — zeug·mat·ic …
4zeugmatic — adjective see zeugma * * * zeugmatˈic adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑zeugma …
5zeugma — zeugmatic /zoohg mat ik/, adj. zeugmatically, adv. /zoohg meuh/, n. Gram., Rhet. the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage… …
6South Russian Ovcharka — Infobox Dogbreed altname = Ioujnorousskaïa Ovtcharka South Russian Sheepdog Yuzhak South Russian Shepherd Dog country = Russia fcigroup = 1 fcinum = 326 fcisection = 1 fcistd = ? name = South Russian Ovcharka ukcgroup = Guardian Dogs ukcstd = ? A …
7Ghost in the machine — This article is about a philosophical critique. For other uses, see Ghost in the machine (disambiguation). The ghost in the machine is the British philosopher Gilbert Ryle s description of René Descartes mind body dualism. The phrase was… …
8zeugmatically — adverb In a zeugmatic manner …
9zeugma — [ zju:gmə] noun a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g. John and his driving licence expired last week). Derivatives zeugmatic adjective Origin ME: via L. from Gk, from zeugnunai to yoke …
10zeugma — /ˈzjugmə/ (say zyoohgmuh) noun a figure of speech in which a verb is associated with two subjects or objects, or an adjective with two nouns, in a way that is unexpected, as to stain her honour, or her new brocade. {New Latin, from Greek: yoking} …
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