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Syllepsis Moderate

Syllepsis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one

2

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.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
zeugma
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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