protozeugma

noun

protozeugma

noun

Etymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”)

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Rhetoric A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed first.

Related terms
diazeugma, epizeugma, hyperzeugma, hypozeugma, mesozeugma, prozeugma, synzeugma, zeugma

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