polysyndeton

 [pol-ee-sin-di-ton, -tuhn]  

pol·y·syn·de·ton

   [pol-ee-sin-di-ton, -tuhn]
noun Rhetoric.
the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession.
Compare asyndeton.

Origin:
1580–90; < Neo-Latin; see poly-, asyndeton
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polysyndeton (ˌpɒlɪˈsɪndɪtən)
 
—n
1.  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
2.  grammar Also called: syndesis a sentence containing more than two coordinate clauses
 
[C16: poly- + -syndeton, from Greek sundetos bound together]

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