Associations to the word «Zeugma»

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

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.
Kahlil Gibran