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hypozeugma

American

[hahy-puh-zoog-muh] / ˌhaɪ pəˈzug mə /

noun

Rhetoric.

the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate.

Etymology

Origin of hypozeugma

First recorded in 1580–90; hypo- + zeugma

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