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polysyndeton
[ pol-ee-sin-di-ton, -tuhn ]
noun
Rhetoric.
- the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession.
polysyndeton
/ ˌɒɪˈɪԻɪə /
noun
- rhetoric the use of several conjunctions in close succession, esp where some might be omitted, as in he ran and jumped and laughed for joy
- Also calledsyndesis grammar a sentence containing more than two coordinate clauses
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of polysyndeton1
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of polysyndeton1
C16: poly- + -syndeton, from Greek sundetos bound together
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He talked of “nemesis” and “the "Polysyndeton—“of the ... of the ... "—lends that resonant three-part phrase an extra afflatus, and has—at least to my ear—a slightly and deliberately Biblical resonance. mark of Cain,” of enemy commanders with “stains on their souls,” and “stoking the fires of hell.”
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Professor Ben Yagoda teaches us the power of the literary technique polysyndeton as demonstrated everywhere from the King James Bible to Lil Wayne.
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