syllepticadj.
/sɪˈlɛptɪk/ Pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving syllepsis.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adjective] > relating to zeugma or syllepsis
zeugmatical1610
sylleptical1807
zeugmatic1851
sylleptic1865
1865 F. W. Farrar Chapters on Lang. vi. 77 It [sc. gesture] is..obscure because it is sylleptic, i.e. it expresses but the most general facts of the situation.
Derivatives
syˈlleptical adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adjective] > relating to zeugma or syllepsis
zeugmatical1610
sylleptical1807
zeugmatic1851
sylleptic1865
1807 in T. Nugent tr. C. Lancelot et al. New Method Learning Greek Tongue (rev. ed.) vii. i. 330 These sylleptical phrases are authorized in all languages.
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Sylleptical, relating to, or implying, syllepsis.
1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. viii. 174 That sylleptical tendency which seems to have marked the earliest stage of language.
syˈlleptically adv.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adverb] > by zeugma or syllepsis
zeugmatically1616
sylleptically1802
1802 A. Crombie Etymol. & Syntax Eng. Lang. ii. (1830) 260 ‘He addressed you and me, and desired us to follow him’, where us sylleptically represents the two persons.
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