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polysyndeton

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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; < NL; see poly-, asyndeton
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pol·y·syn·de·ton   (pŏl'ē-sĭn'dĭ-tŏn')   
n.  The repetition of conjunctions in close succession for rhetorical effect, as in the phrase here and there and everywhere.

[Late Greek polusundeton, from neuter of polusundetos, using many connectives : Greek polu-, poly- + Greek sundetos, bound together; see syndetic.]
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