zeugma
pronunciation
How to pronounce zeugma in British English:
UK [ˈzju:gmə]
How to pronounce zeugma in American English:
US [ˈzugmə]
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- Noun:
- use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one
Word Origin
- zeugma (n.)
- 1580s, "a single word (usually a verb or adjective) made to refer to two or more nouns in a sentence" (but properly applying to only one of them), from Greek zeugma, "a zeugma; that which is used for joining; boat bridge," literally "a yoking," from zeugnynai "to yoke" (see jugular).
Example
- 1. On zeugma 's rhetorical effect and translation .