"syllepsis" meaning in English

See syllepsis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɪˈlɛp.sɪs/ [General-American, UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-syllepsis.wav Forms: syllepses [plural]
Etymology: From Latin syllepsis, from Ancient Greek σύλληψις (súllēpsis), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|syllepsis}} Latin syllepsis, {{der|en|grc|σύλληψις}} Ancient Greek σύλληψις (súllēpsis) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|syllepses}} syllepsis (countable and uncountable, plural syllepses)
  1. (rhetoric) A 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. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric, Figures of speech Translations (figure of speech): syllepsi (Finnish), syllepse [feminine] (French), Syllepse [feminine] (German), Syllepsis [feminine] (German), szillepszis (Hungarian), sillessi [feminine] (Italian), sillepsi [feminine] (Italian), syllepsa [feminine] (Polish), syllepsis [feminine] (Polish), silepse [feminine] (Portuguese), silepsă [feminine] (Romanian), silepsis [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-syllepsis-en-noun-DlV77yRE Disambiguation of Figures of speech: 68 32 Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'figure of speech': 91 9
  2. (botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of a bud or period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-syllepsis-en-noun-dNgcFHDn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 66 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sylleptic

Inflected forms

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