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syl⋅lep⋅sis
/
sɪˈlɛp
sɪs
/
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–noun,
plural
-ses
/
-siz
/
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-seez
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Grammar
.
the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, esp. to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of
are
in
Neither he nor we are willing.
Compare
zeugma
.
Origin:
1570–80;
< ML
syllēpsis
< Gk
sýllēpsis,
equiv. to
syl-
syl-
+
lēb-
(var. s. of
lambánein
to take) +
-sis
-sis
Related forms:
syl⋅lep⋅tic
/
sɪˈlɛp
tɪk
/
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si-
lep
-tik
]
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,
adjective
syl⋅lep⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly,
adverb
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