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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024syl•lep•sis (si lep′sis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz).USA pronunciation Grammarthe use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, esp. to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing. Cf. zeugma. - Greek sýllēpsis, equivalent. to syl- syl- + lēb- (variant stem of lambánein to take) + -sis -sis
- Medieval Latin syllēpsis
- 1570–80;
syl•lep•tic (si lep′tik),USA pronunciation adj. syl•lep′ti•cal•ly, adv.
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