Definition of Zeugma
Zeug´ma
n.
1.
(Gram.)
A
figure
by
which
an
adjective
or
verb
,
which
agrees
with
a
nearer
word
,
is
,
by
way
of
supplement
,
referred
also
to
another
more
remote
;
as
, "
hic
illius
arma
,
hic
currus fuit
;"
where
fuit
,
which
agrees
directly
with
currus
,
is
referred
also
to
arma
.
Related Words
figure
,
figure
of
speech
,
image
,
syllepsis
,
trope
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