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/hɛnˈdaɪ.ədɪs/ · noun
(rhetoric) A figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea..
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.
Each illustrates a different facet of verbal hendiadys in English.
Use hendiadys when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hendiadys means (rhetoric) A figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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