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noun Rhetoric.
a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”
Origin:
1580–90; < Medieval Latin; alteration of Greek phrase hèn dià dyoîn one through two, one by means of two
1580–90; < Medieval Latin; alteration of Greek phrase hèn dià dyoîn one through two, one by means of two
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Hendiadys
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hendiadys
1586, figure of speech in which two nouns joined by and are used in place of a noun and an adj.; from M.L. alteration of Gk. hen dia duoin "one (thing) by means of two." If this term was used by Gk. grammarians it is no longer found in their writings, but it is frequent among L. writers.
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