polysyndeton

1. 1.

   using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')

   Broaderrhetorical device

Other forms of polysyndeton

plural

polysyndetons·

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 polysyndeton

What does polysyndeton mean?

polysyndeton means "using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')".

How many syllables are in polysyndeton?

polysyndeton has 5 syllables: po-ly-syn-de-ton. The stress falls on "syn".

Is polysyndeton a common word?

polysyndeton 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.