Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ASYNDETON
asyndeton
(noun) the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
asyndeton (countable and uncountable, plural asyndetons or asyndeta)
(rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of words, phrases, clauses.
Hypernyms
• brachylogy
Anagrams
• nonsteady
Source: Wiktionary
A*syn"de*ton, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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