In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
polysyndeton
(noun) using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in ‘he ran and jumped and laughed for joy’)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
polysyndeton (countable and uncountable, plural polysyndetons or polysyndeta)
(rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence.
• asyndeton
Source: Wiktionary
Pol`y*syn"de*ton, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to asyndeton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.