polysyndeton
po·ly·syn·deton
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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