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Asyndeton
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Asyndeton has 1 sense
- asyndeton(n = noun.communication) - the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used; is a kind of rhetorical device
Derived form adjective asyndetic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Asyndeton, n. [L., fr. Gr. , fr. unconnected; 'a priv. + bound together, fr. ; with + to bind.].
A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Asyndeton, n. (pl. asyndeta) the omission of a conjunction.
Derivative
asyndetic adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk asundeton (neut. adj.) f. a- not + sundetos bound together
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