SYLLEPSIS

syllepsis

(noun) use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

syllepsis (countable and uncountable, plural syllepses)

(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity.

Coordinate term: zeugma

Hypernym: brachylogy

(botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of a bud or period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.

Antonym: prolepsis

Source: Wiktionary

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Syl*lep"sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. sy`llhpsis a taking together, from syllable, n.]

1. (Rhet.)

Definition: A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.

2. (Gram.)

Definition: The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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