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ZEUGMA
zeugma
(noun) use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb’s polysemy, for humorous effect; “‘Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave’ is an example of zeugma”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
zeugma (plural zeugmata or zeugmas)
(rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
(rhetoric) Syllepsis.
Usage notes
Some writers distinguish between zeugma and syllepsis, while others do not.
Hypernyms
• brachylogy
Coordinate terms
• syllepsis
Source: Wiktionary
Zeug"ma, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. Yoke.] (Gram.)
Definition: A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;" where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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