prozeugma

noun

prozeugma

noun

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

1

Rhetoric A zeugma where the governing word occurs in the first clause of the sentence.

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

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