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Asyndeton   Listen
noun
Asyndeton  n.  (Rhet.) A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Asyndeton" Quotes from Famous Books



... But the asyndeton resulting from the suppression of these words was felt to be intolerable. In fact, without a colon point between [Greek: outos] and [Greek: tois], the result is without meaning. When once the complementary words have ...
— The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels • John Burgon

... tmesis, asyndeton, anacoluthon, aposiopesis, hyperbaton, hyperbole, litotes, in Latin ...
— A History of Roman Literature - From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius • Charles Thomas Cruttwell



Words linked to "Asyndeton" :   rhetorical device, asyndetic



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