ASYNDETON


Meaning of ASYNDETON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈsin-də-ˌtän, (ˌ)ā-ˈsin- ]

noun

( plural -tons or asyn·de·ta -də-tə)

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, from neuter of asyndetos unconnected, from a- + syndetos bound together, from syndein to bind together, from syn- + dein to bind — more at diadem

Date: 1555

: omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses (as in “I came, I saw, I conquered”)

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