polysyndetonn.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlɪˈsɪndᵻt(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˌpɑliˈsɪndəˌtɑn/

Forms: Old English polysindeton, 1500s polisindeton, 1500s polismdeton (transmission error), 1500s– polysyndeton, 1800s polisyndeton.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin polysyndeton.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin polysyndeton sentence using many conjunctions (or connecting particles) (4th cent.) < Byzantine Greek πολυσύνδετον , use as noun of neuter of πολυσύνδετος (adjective) using many conjunctions or connecting particles (only recorded (both noun and adjective) as a Greek word in Latin authors, from 4th cent.) < ancient Greek πολυ- poly- comb. form + σύνδετος < συνδεῖν to bind together (see syndetic adj.) + -τος , suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare later asyndeton n. and syndeton n.The word was reborrowed in the 16th cent.

Rhetoric.

The use of several conjunctions or, more usually, the same conjunction several times, in swift succession. Cf. asyndeton n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > succession of conjunctions

polysyndetonOE

couple-clause1589

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. iii. 168 Polysindeton ys þæt gebed þe byð mid manegum gefegednyssum gefrætwod.

1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. G4^v Polismdeton [sic], when a sentence is knit togeather with many coniunctions.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 146 Ye haue another maner of construction which they called [Polisindeton] we may call him the [couple clause] for that euery clause is knit and coupled together with a coniunctiue.

a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. ii. viii, in Wks. (1640) III The two generall exceptions are termed, Asyndeton and Polysyndeton.

1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 184 Polysyndeton,..a figure signifying superfluity of conjunctions.

1706 C. Bland Art Rhetoric 33 Q. What is a Polisyndeton? A. A Figure, whereby several Words of A Sentence are knit together with many Conjunctions..as, Idleness, and wine, and Women and Wickdness destroy both the Body and the Soul.

1767 T. Gibbons Rhetoric ii. xv. 239 The Polysyndeton adds a weight and gravity to an expression, and makes what is said to appear with an air of solemnity.

1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. iii. 338 The conjunctions and relatives excluded by the asyndeton are such as connect clauses and members; those repeated by the polysyndeton, are such as connect single words only.

1883 G. P. Marsh Compan. Gram. Anglo-Saxon 141 There may be too many conjunctions (polysyndeton).

1919 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 40 205 We shall no longer look to conjunctions as the only signs, and asyndeton and polysyndeton take on a new and more significant aspect.

1996 19th-cent. Lit. 51 312 Thoreau's exaggerated use of polysyndeton subverts the simple lifestyle in the pastoral world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polysyndeton
释义	polysyndetonn. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈsɪndᵻt(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈsɪndəˌtɑn/ Forms: Old English polysindeton, 1500s polisindeton, 1500s polismdeton (transmission error), 1500s– polysyndeton, 1800s polisyndeton. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin polysyndeton. Etymology: < post-classical Latin polysyndeton sentence using many conjunctions (or connecting particles) (4th cent.) < Byzantine Greek πολυσύνδετον , use as noun of neuter of πολυσύνδετος (adjective) using many conjunctions or connecting particles (only recorded (both noun and adjective) as a Greek word in Latin authors, from 4th cent.) < ancient Greek πολυ- poly- comb. form + σύνδετος < συνδεῖν to bind together (see syndetic adj.) + -τος , suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare later asyndeton n. and syndeton n.The word was reborrowed in the 16th cent. Rhetoric. The use of several conjunctions or, more usually, the same conjunction several times, in swift succession. Cf. asyndeton n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > succession of conjunctions polysyndetonOE couple-clause1589 OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. iii. 168 Polysindeton ys þæt gebed þe byð mid manegum gefegednyssum gefrætwod. 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. G4^v Polismdeton [sic], when a sentence is knit togeather with many coniunctions. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 146 Ye haue another maner of construction which they called [Polisindeton] we may call him the [couple clause] for that euery clause is knit and coupled together with a coniunctiue. a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. ii. viii, in Wks. (1640) III The two generall exceptions are termed, Asyndeton and Polysyndeton. 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 184 Polysyndeton,..a figure signifying superfluity of conjunctions. 1706 C. Bland Art Rhetoric 33 Q. What is a Polisyndeton? A. A Figure, whereby several Words of A Sentence are knit together with many Conjunctions..as, Idleness, and wine, and Women and Wickdness destroy both the Body and the Soul. 1767 T. Gibbons Rhetoric ii. xv. 239 The Polysyndeton adds a weight and gravity to an expression, and makes what is said to appear with an air of solemnity. 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. iii. 338 The conjunctions and relatives excluded by the asyndeton are such as connect clauses and members; those repeated by the polysyndeton, are such as connect single words only. 1883 G. P. Marsh Compan. Gram. Anglo-Saxon 141 There may be too many conjunctions (polysyndeton). 1919 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 40 205 We shall no longer look to conjunctions as the only signs, and asyndeton and polysyndeton take on a new and more significant aspect. 1996 19th-cent. Lit. 51 312 Thoreau's exaggerated use of polysyndeton subverts the simple lifestyle in the pastoral world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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