Asyndeton Definition
ə-sĭndĭ-tŏn
noun
The omission of conjunctions from constructions in which they would normally be used, as in.
American Heritage
The practice of leaving out the usual conjunctions between coordinate sentence elements (Ex.: smile, shake hands, part)
Webster's New World
(rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of words, phrases, clauses.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Asyndeton
Noun
Singular:
asyndeton
Plural:
asyndeta, asyndetonsOrigin of Asyndeton
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Late Latin from Greek asundeton from neuter of asundetos without conjunctions a- not a–1 sundetos bound together (from sundein to bind together) (sun- syn-) (dein to bind)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asundeton, “unconnected”).
From Wiktionary
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