hendiadys
/hen-dahy-uh-dis/US // hɛnˈdaɪ ə dɪs //UK // (hɛnˈdaɪədɪs) //
楠木,楠竹,楠木家具,楠楠
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Rhetoric.
- : a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”
Examples
This line is a type of hendiadys, the first half of the line being redefined by the second.
Real instances of hendiadys are much rarer than is generally supposed.
A hendiadys for 'Go drink all the mind-purging hellebore that grows in Anticyra'.
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