Meaning of ZEUGMA
| Pronunciation: | | 'zoogmu
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| | Definition: | | [n] use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma" |
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| | See Also: | | figure, figure of speech, image, syllepsis, trope | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Zeug"ma\, n. [L., from Gr. ?, fr. ? to yoke, join. See
{Yoke}.] (Gram.)
A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a
nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to
another more remote; as, ``hic illius arma, hic currus
fuit;'' where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is
referred also to arma.
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