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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence. countable, rhetoric, uncountable

   "In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow, And every word its copulative will shew."

2. 2
   using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in ‘he ran and jumped and laughed for joy’) wordnet

Antonyms

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asyndeton

Example

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"In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow, And every word its copulative will shew."

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin polysyndeton, itself from Byzantine Greek πολυσύνδετον (polusúndeton, literally “many connected”).

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