hypozeugma

1. 1.

   use of a series of subjects with a single predicate

   Broaderrhetorical device

Other forms of hypozeugma

plural

hypozeugmas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hypozeugma

What does hypozeugma mean?

hypozeugma means "use of a series of subjects with a single predicate".

How many syllables are in hypozeugma?

hypozeugma has 5 syllables: hy-po-ze-ug-ma. The stress falls on "ze".

Is hypozeugma a common word?

hypozeugma is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.