syllepsis

IPA: sˈɪɫɛpsɪs

noun

  • (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity.
  • (botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of a bud or period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
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Examples of "syllepsis" in Sentences

  • Syllepsis with ambiguous grammar.
  • This is a similar concept to syllepsis.
  • It's a syllepsis or antanaclasis or some such thing.
  • There is usually a kind of pun involved in this kind of syllepsis.
  • It seems like zeugma and syllepsis are more or less the same thing.
  • Thus Syllepsis does not apply when the common verb or common noun is repeated.

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