1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in ‘he ran and jumped and laughed for joy’)
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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