Definition of asyndeton

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a·syn·de·ton    (-snd-tn) KEY  

NOUN:

The omission of conjunctions from constructions in which they would normally be used, as in "Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,/Shrunk to this little measure?" (Shakespeare).

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ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin, from Greek asundeton, from neuter of asundetos, without conjunctions : a-, not ; see a- ¹ + sundetos, bound together (from sundein, to bind together : sun-, syn- + dein, to bind)

OTHER FORMS:
asyn·detic   (sn-dtk) KEY  (Adjective), asyn·deti·cal·ly (Adverb)

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