zeugma — meaning in English
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English meaning
- zeugma noun A figure of speech in which one word, often a verb or adjective, applies to two or more nouns though it fits only one of them in sense.
Senses
zeugma is used for these senses in English:
- zeugma (rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
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