单词 | hendiadys |
释义 | hendiadys/hɛnˈdʌɪədɪs![]() noun [mass noun] The expression of a single idea by two words connected with ‘and’, e.g. nice and warm, when one could be used to modify the other, as in nicely warm.The lyrical grandeur of his language covers every known figure of speech from metaphor to simile, hyperbole to hendiadys....
OriginLate 16th century: via medieval Latin from Greek hen dia duoin 'one thing by two'. |
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