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zeugma

/ˈzjuːɡ.mə/ · noun

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. Syllepsis.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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