— zeugmatic /zoohg mat"ik/ , adj. — zeugmatically , adv.
/zoohg"meuh/ , n. Gram., Rhet.
the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold. Cf. syllepsis .
[ 1515-25; zeûgma a yoking, equiv. to zeug ( nýnai ) to YOKE 1 + -ma n. suffix of result ]