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zeugma Tweet Definition of zeugma Like Definition of zeugma on Facebook
noun (wikipedia, Zeugma)
(plural: zeugmata)
  1. (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 or in different ways
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    Etymology: From Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) (zeugma) "yoking"

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