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Word: Zeugma
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek, from zeugnunai ‘to yoke’; related to zugon ‘yoke’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈz(j)uːɡmə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g. John and his driving licence expired last week).
Short Definition:figure of speech in which word applies to two others in different senses
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