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Zeugma Moderate

Zeugma has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb's polysemy, for humorous effect

"`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma"

2

The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
trope
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
syllepsis
Rhyming Words
gma agma engma regma tagma sigma dogma upgma wpgma magma stigma enigma bregma pragma quagma rhegma smegma nyingma kerygma kerugma
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