HENDIADYS


Meaning of HENDIADYS in English

/hen duy"euh dis/ , n. Rhet.

a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: "to look with eyes and envy" instead of "with envious eyes."

[ 1580-90; hèn dià dyoîn one through two, one by means of two ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .