Associations to the word «Zeugma»
Noun
Adverb
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Wiktionary
ZEUGMA, noun. (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.
ZEUGMA, noun. (rhetoric) Syllepsis.
Dictionary definition
ZEUGMA, noun. Use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.