Australian English Meaning of zeugma

zeugma

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Wordnet

zeugma (n)

use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb's polysemy, for humorous effect

Webster

zeugma (n.)

A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, hic illius arma, hic currus fuit; where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.

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zeugma

use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb's polysemy, for humorous effectA figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a neare

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zeuglodonta => Zeuglodonta, zeuglodont => Zeuglodonts, zeuglodon => Zeuglodon, zettabyte => zettabyte, zettabit => zettabit,