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asyndeton

[uh-sin-di-ton, -tuhn] / əˈsɪn dɪˌtɒn, -tən /


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Professor J. N. Grant points out to me the asyndeton following quaere ... sintne.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

But the asyndeton resulting from the suppression of these words was felt to be intolerable.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward

The use of tmesis, asyndeton, anacoluthon, aposiopesis, hyperbaton, hyperbole, litotes, in Latin oratory and poetry.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

According to the manuscripts the preceding line ends with VTAR; I have printed Heinsius' VSVS, since there would otherwise be an asyndeton between utar and aspiciam.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

Therefore the figure asyndeton, whereby conjunctions are omitted, is highly commended by writers of rhetoric.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch