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noun
An expression whose every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric
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noun
use of a series of parallel clauses (as in `I came, I saw, I conquered')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: rhetorical device
History
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-) + ζευγνύναι (zeugnúnai, “to yoke”)
