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Complete Definition of "syllepsis"

English

Noun
syllepsis

  1. a figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity

#:Example: She lowered her standards and her neckline.

See also
zeugma

Category:Rhetoric
Category:Scripps winning words

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