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单词 zeugmatic
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zeugmaticadj.

Brit. /z(j)uːɡˈmatɪk/, U.S. /zuɡˈmædɪk/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; originally modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Greek ζευγματ- , ζεῦγμα , -ic suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ζευγματ-, ζεῦγμα zeugma n. + -ic suffix, originally after German zeugmatisch (1834 in the passage translated in quot. 1851). Compare earlier zeugmatical adj.Compare post-classical Latin zeugmaticus (1575 or earlier; 13th cent. as zeumiticus in an isolated attestation in a British source), Hellenistic Greek ζευγματικόν lock-toll (attested in papyri).
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).
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