zeugma

Noun

Meaning

A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;" where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

simile number form name image speech figure frame flesh digit metaphor fig effigy trope figure of speech
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Hypernyms

image figure

Close letter words and terms

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