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Meaning of syllepsis

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

syllepsis

Pronunciation:/sɪˈlɛp.sɪs/

noun

Definitions

  1. A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity.

  2. Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of a bud or period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.

    Antonyms:prolepsis