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asyndeton
noun asyn·de·ton \ə-ˈsin-də-ˌtän, (ˌ)ā-ˈsin-\
plural asyn·de·tons or asyn·de·ta\-də-tə\
Definition of ASYNDETON
: omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses (as in “I came, I saw, I conquered”)
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Origin of ASYNDETON
Late Latin, from Greek, from neuter of asyndetos unconnected, from a- + syndetos bound together, from syndein to bind together, from syn- + dein to bind — more at diadem
Rhymes with ASYNDETON
abutilon, Agamemnon, anticodon, antiproton, archenteron, arrière-ban, automaton, Azerbaijan, Bellerophon, bildungsroman, carrying-on, diazinon, dodecagon, emoticon, encephalon, get a move on, himation, interferon, kakiemon, keep an eye on, Laocoön, mesenteron, Michoacán, millimicron, oxymoron, phenomenon, protozoon, pteranodon, put the arm on, put the make on, rear echelon, Rostov-on-Don, Saskatchewan, septentrion, set one's heart on, set one's sights on, sine qua non, steal a march on, take it out on, Taklimakan, turn one's back on, Vientiane, wipe one's boots on, zero coupon, zooplankton
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