sylleptic (Meaning)
sylleptic
the use of a word to modify or govern syntactically two or more words with only one of which it formally agrees in gender, number, or case, the use of a word in the same grammatical relation to two adjacent words in the context with one literal and the other metaphorical in sense
Synonyms & Antonyms of sylleptic
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
sylleptic Sentence Examples
- The sylleptic construction in the sentence connects the verb "to run" to both "the race" and "the city."
- The artist's sylleptic painting depicted a cityscape superimposed on a human form.
- The teacher's sylleptic question tested students' understanding of both grammar and literature.
- The sylleptic metaphor in the poem equated the speaker's love to both a fire and a storm.
- The sylleptic construction allows the preposition "through" to modify both "the tunnel" and "the darkness."
- The sylleptic phrase "his heart and mind" suggests a close connection between the character's emotions and thoughts.
- The sylleptic use of "and" in the sentence connects the nouns "bread" and "water" as essential elements.
- The sylleptic metaphor in the song compares the singer's voice to both a river and a mountain.
- The sylleptic construction in the advertisement links the verb "to save" to both "money" and "time."
- The sylleptic painting featured a figure with both human and animal characteristics, creating a surreal and ambiguous image.
FAQs About the word sylleptic
the use of a word to modify or govern syntactically two or more words with only one of which it formally agrees in gender, number, or case, the use of a word in
emblematic, symbolic, catachrestic,catachrestical, Aesopic, allegorical, emblematical, symbolical, figurative, figural
literal, nonmetaphorical, nonfigurative,nonsymbolic,
The sylleptic construction in the sentence connects the verb "to run" to both "the race" and "the city."
The artist's sylleptic painting depicted a cityscape superimposed on a human form.
The teacher's sylleptic question tested students' understanding of both grammar and literature.
The sylleptic metaphor in the poem equated the speaker's love to both a fire and a storm.
