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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'hendiadys' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions hendiadys noun  (linguistics) a figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea. Classical example: nice and warm (instead of nicely warm) Etymology: Mediaeval Latin, from Greek áv "one through two".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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