Associations to the word «Syllepsis»

Wiktionary

SYLLEPSIS, noun. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity
SYLLEPSIS, noun. (botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of a bud or period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.

Dictionary definition

SYLLEPSIS, noun. Use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.