ZEUGMA


Meaning of ZEUGMA in English

noun see: yoke Date: 15th century the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one (as in “opened the door and her heart to the homeless boy”)

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