Usually means: Repetition of conjunctions in sentence.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. polysyndeton: Merriam-Webster
  2. polysyndeton: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. polysyndeton: Collins English Dictionary
  4. polysyndeton: Vocabulary.com
  5. polysyndeton: Wordnik
  6. polysyndeton: Wiktionary
  7. polysyndeton: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. polysyndeton: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. polysyndeton: Dictionary.com
  10. Polysyndeton: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Polysyndeton: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. polysyndeton: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. polysyndeton: Rhymezone
  14. Polysyndeton: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. polysyndeton: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. polysyndeton: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. polysyndeton: FreeDictionary.org
  18. polysyndeton: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. polysyndeton: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. polysyndeton: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples (No longer online)
  3. Polysyndeton: A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
  4. POLYSYNDETON: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. polysyndeton: A Word A Day
  2. polysyndeton: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polysyndeton)

▸ noun:  (rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence.

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syndeton, syndesis, syntheton, asyndesis, syndeticity, synchysis, synonymia, parallelism, commoratio, hendiadys, more...

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syndeton, syndesis, syntheton, asyndesis, syndeticity, synchysis, synonymia, parallelism, commoratio, hendiadys, more...

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