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hendiadys
[ hen-dahy-uh-dis ]
noun
, Rhetoric.
- 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.”
hendiadys
/ hɛnˈdaɪədɪs /
noun
- a rhetorical device by which two nouns joined by a conjunction, usually and, are used instead of a noun and a modifier, as in to run with fear and haste instead of to run with fearful haste
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hendiadys1
1580–90; < Medieval Latin; alteration of Greek phrase hèn dià dyoîn one through two, one by means of two
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hendiadys1
C16: from Medieval Latin, changed from Greek phrase hen dia duoin, literally: one through two
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Example Sentences
This line is a type of hendiadys, the first half of the line being redefined by the second.
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Real instances of hendiadys are much rarer than is generally supposed.
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A hendiadys for 'Go drink all the mind-purging hellebore that grows in Anticyra'.
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