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Definitions for Zeugma
[1] 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 war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold.
[2] a figure of speech in which a word is used to modify or govern two or more words although appropriate to only one of them or making a different sense with each, as in the sentence Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave (Charles Dickens)
Words nearby Zeugma
zethar, zetland, zetta-, zettabyte, zettahertz, zeugma, zeus, zeuxis, zev, zeya, zfg
Origin of Zeugma
1515–25; < Greek zeûgma a yoking, equivalent to zeug(nýnai ) to yoke1 + -ma noun suffix of result
Other words from Zeugma
zeug·mat·ic [zoog-mat -ik] /zugˈmæt ɪk/ , adjective
zeug·mat·i·cal·ly , adverb
Word origin for Zeugma
C16: via Latin from Greek: a yoking, from zeugnunai to yoke