hyperzeugma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"Hyperzeugma (hy per ZEUG ma). Opposite of Zeugma. Each phrase has its own verb."
"...how the impression of the essayist's presence to himself derives from the carefully structured and balanced phrasing, and the play of antithesis, of hyperzeugma (each phrase with its own verb), of repetition, and the suggestive richness of rhyme."

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”)

hyperzeugmenon (alternative)

diazeugma epizeugma hypozeugma mesozeugma protozeugma prozeugma synzeugma zeugma

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What does hyperzeugma mean?

Where does hyperzeugma come from?

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”)

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