epizeugma
nounEtymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπίζευγμα (epízeugma), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”).
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Rhetoric A type of zeugma in which a single verb governs two or more clauses or phrases, placed either at the very beginning or the very end of the sentence.
- Related terms
- diazeugma, hyperzeugma, hypozeugma, mesozeugma, protozeugma, prozeugma, synzeugma, zeugma