单词 | zeugmatic |
释义 | zeugmaticadj. Grammar and Rhetoric. Characterized by or involving zeugma. Cf. zeugmatical adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1851 tr. G. C. A. von Harless in tr. H. Olshausen Biblical Comm. Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, & Thessalonians (Eph. i. 10) 142 ‘And yet,’ continues he, ‘it cannot be called a Zeugmatic connection [Ger. zeugmatische Verbindung].’ 1857 C. J. Ellicott Comm. Coloss. ii. 5 A zeugmatic construction of the accus. with both verbs. 1910 Classical Philol. 10 79 The verb must be understood to be used in a somewhat zeugmatic way. 1966 Ériu 20 210 If the substantive happens to be a quasi-adverbial time-word..the construction is anomalous. In such expressions the verb is zeugmatic. 2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 6 Aug. 18 The front page—..using that lovely zeugmatic US headline style that we don't have—announced: ‘Search on for bodies, answers.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1851 |
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