syllepsis

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /sɪˈlɛp.sɪs/

Noun

syllepsis

1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity.

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   Hypernyms: brachylogy

2. (botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of a bud or period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.

   Antonyms: prolepsis

Related terms

• sylleptic

Translations

• French: syllepse
• German: Syllepse, Syllepsis
• Italian: sillessi, sillepsi
• Portuguese: silepse
• Spanish: silepsis

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