asyndeton

From Latin asyndeton, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton), from ἀ- (a-, “a-, un-, non-”) and the neuter substantive of σῠ́νδετος (sŭ́ndetos, “bound, joined”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”). Equivalent to a- +‎ syndeton.

asyndeton (countable and uncountable, plural asyndetons or asyndeta)

1. (grammar, rhetoric) Omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.
   • 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, page 145:

     Asyndeton, or the Loose language... as thus. I saw it, I said it, I will sweare it.

   • 1740, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica, 2nd edition, page 145:

     Asyndeton the Cop'latives denies. Faith, Justice, Truth, Religion, Mercy dies.

   • 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Asyndeton.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 50:

     Asyndeton the copulative denies;
     And sometimes haste and rage sometimes implies.

• dissolutio, asyndesis, asyndetism

• brachylogy

• syndeton, polysyndeton

• articulus

• nonsteady

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton, “unconnected”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈasɪndɛton]

asyndeton n

1. asyndeton

From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈsyn.dɛ.tɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈs̬in̪.d̪e.t̪on]

asyndeton n (genitive asyndetī); second declension

1. (rhetoric) asyndeton

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

• (Pure Latin) dissolūtiō

asyndeton

1. inflection of asyndetos:
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

• “asyndeton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asyndeton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton).

• IPA^(key): /a.sɘnˈdɛ.tɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɔn
• Syllabification: a‧syn‧de‧ton

asyndeton m inan

1. (rhetoric, grammar) asyndeton

   Synonym: polisyndeton

• asyndeton in Polish dictionaries at PWN