Hendiadys
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hɛnˈdaɪ.ədɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hendiadys is a noun meaning (rhetoric) A figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea.
Meaning
(rhetoric) A figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea.
Example Sentences
Each illustrates a different facet of verbal hendiadys in English.
Some examples of hendiadys comprise two words in the bound state; others, two words in appositional hendiadys. It would seem that certain cases of appositional hendiadys are closely related to wordpairs (see WORD-PAIRS, BREAK-UP), though which way the development proceeded is far from certain.
Word Forms
- hendiadyses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include syllepsis, oxymoron, syntheton, synchysis, antithesis, synonymia.
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