Zeugma Definition
zo͝ogmə
noun
Syllepsis.
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Webster's New World
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 room was not light, but his fingers were)
Webster's New World
(rhetoric) Syllepsis.
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Other Word Forms of Zeugma
Noun
Singular:
zeugma
Plural:
zeugmas, zeugmataOrigin of Zeugma
From Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeugma, “yoking; a bond, a band"), from ζεύγνυμι (zeugnumi, “to yoke; to join"), from ζεῦγος (zeugos, “a yoke").
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Latin from Greek a joining, bond yeug- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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