SYLLEPSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: syllepses   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("syllepsis" is a kind of...):

zeugma (use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb's polysemy, for humorous effect)

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