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Definition of Hendiadys

Hendiadys
Hendiadys Hen*di"a*dys, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? ? ? one by two.] (Gram.) A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.

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- compound, hendiadys, ...or a hyponym compound to express a higher concept... Look up hendiadys in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hendiadys is different...
- little more than kin, and less than kind." An unusual rhetorical device, hendiadys, appears in several places in the play. Examples are found in Ophelia's...
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- cup's contents Antonomasia Bahuvrihi Category mistake Conceptual metaphor Hendiadys Holonymy Hyponymy Merism Meronymy Faulty generalization (List of fallacies...
- Moshe v-Aron ("Moses and Aaron"). Conjunctive vav may however indicate hendiadys where two nouns are equated. An example is found in two examples from...
- being given by volition. This is related to the rhetorical device of hendiadys, where one concept is expressed through the use of two descriptive words...
- that refers only to a figurative sense of a lock or stock or barrel. See hendiadys and hendiatris. In this position their teacher would be analysed variously...
- by the infinitive "to get". Use of a catenative verb can be masked by hendiadys, in which the two parts are joined by an and, as in come and get it rather...
- Epizeuxis: repetition of a single word, with no other intervening words. Hendiadys: use of two nouns to express an idea when it normally would consist of...
- Two for one or 2 for 1 may refer to: Hendiadys, or "two for one", a figure of speech "Buy one, get one free", or "two for one", a type of sales promotion...