hypozeuxis

[ hahy-puh-zook-sis ]

/ ˌhaɪ pəˈzuk sɪs /

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noun Rhetoric.

the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, as in “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

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Origin of hypozeuxis

First recorded in 1580–90; from Late Latin, from Late Greek, equivalent to Greek hypozeug(nýnai) “to put under the yoke” (hypo- hypo- + zeugnýnai “to yoke,” derivative of zeûgos yoke¹) + -sis-sis

Words nearby hypozeuxis

hypoxanthine, hypoxemia, hypoxia, hypoxic, hypozeugma, hypozeuxis, Hypsilantis, hypso-, hypsochromic, hypsography, hypsometer