Associations to the word «Hendiadys»
Wiktionary
HENDIADYS, noun. (rhetoric) a figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea.
Dictionary definition
HENDIADYS, noun. Use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier.
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.