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polysyndeton

po·ly·syn·deton

UK/pɒlɪˈsɪndɪtɒn/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin polysyndeton, itself from Byzantine Greek πολυσύνδετον (polusúndeton, literally “many connected”).

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