HENDIADYS


Meaning of HENDIADYS in English

henˈdīədə̇s noun

( -es )

Etymology: Late Latin hendiadys, hendiadyoin, modification of Greek hen dia dyoin one through two

: the expression of an idea by two nouns connected by and (as cups and gold ) instead of by a noun and an adjective (as golden cups )

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