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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin syllēpsis. Doublet of syllepsis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɘlˈlɛp.sa/
- Rhymes: -ɛpsa
- Syllabification: syl‧lep‧sa
Noun
syllepsa f
- (rhetoric) syllepsis (figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity)
- Synonym: syllepsis
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