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noun
A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric
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noun
use of a series of subjects with a single predicate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: rhetorical device
History
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”)
