zeugma
IPA: zˈugmʌ
noun
- (rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
- (rhetoric) Syllepsis.
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Examples of "zeugma" in Sentences
- This is a similar concept to zeugma.
- There are a number of articles that link to Zeugma.
- Zeugma and environs remained part of the Roman empire.
- Donatus also includes schemes such as zeugma and anaphora.
- The section on zeugma would be much clearer with an example.
- I just got done with chiasmus and will be going to zeugma next.
- It seems like zeugma and syllepsis are more or less the same thing.
- I thought maybe it was a zeugma, but that doesn't seem to quite fit.
- The Roman city of Zeugma is now drowned in the reservoir behind the dam.
- The Hypozeuxis is the opposite of a zeugma, where each subject has its own verb.