zeugmatic
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Zeugmatic — eug*mat ic, a. Of or pertaining to zeugma; characterized by zeugma. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
zeugmatic — zeug·mat·ic … English syllables
zeugmatic — adjective see zeugma * * * zeugmatˈic adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑zeugma … Useful english dictionary
zeugma — zeugmatic /zoohg mat ik/, adj. zeugmatically, adv. /zoohg meuh/, n. Gram., Rhet. the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage… … Universalium
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Ghost in the machine — This article is about a philosophical critique. For other uses, see Ghost in the machine (disambiguation). The ghost in the machine is the British philosopher Gilbert Ryle s description of René Descartes mind body dualism. The phrase was… … Wikipedia
zeugmatically — adverb In a zeugmatic manner … Wiktionary
zeugma — [ zju:gmə] noun a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g. John and his driving licence expired last week). Derivatives zeugmatic adjective Origin ME: via L. from Gk, from zeugnunai to yoke … English new terms dictionary
zeugma — /ˈzjugmə/ (say zyoohgmuh) noun a figure of speech in which a verb is associated with two subjects or objects, or an adjective with two nouns, in a way that is unexpected, as to stain her honour, or her new brocade. {New Latin, from Greek: yoking} …
zeugma — n. literary device of using word to modify two other words with only one of which it is correctly used. ♦ zeugmatic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
