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Definition syllepsis

Etymology

From Latin syllepsis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (súll?psis).

Noun

Examples (rhetoric)

syllepsis (countable and uncountable, plural syllepses)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity.
  2. (botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of a bud or period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.

Results 118 Words with the letters SYLLEPSIS

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15 letter words with the letters SYLLEPSIS 
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4 letter words with the letters SYLLEPSIS 
ELLS 6
ESPY 9
ILLS 6
ILLY 8
ISLE 5
LEIS 5
LESS 5
LEYS 7
LIES 5
LILY 8
LIPS 8
LISP 8
LYES 7
LYSE 7
PIES 7
PILE 8
PILL 9
PILY 10
PISS 7
PLIE 8
PSIS 7
PYES 9
SEIS 4
SELL 6
SELS 5
SILL 6
SIPE 7
SIPS 7
SLIP 8
SYLI 7
YELL 8
YELP 10
YEPS 9
YILL 8
YIPE 9
YIPS 9
3 letter words with the letters SYLLEPSIS 
ELL 5
ELS 4
ESS 3
ILL 5
LEI 4
LEY 6
LIE 4
LIP 7
LIS 4
LYE 6
PES 6
PIE 6
PIS 6
PLY 9
PSI 6
PYE 8
SEI 3
SEL 4
SIP 6
SIS 3
SLY 6
SPY 8
YEP 8
YES 5
YIP 8
2 letter words with the letters SYLLEPSIS 
EL 3
ES 2
IS 2
LI 3
PE 5
PI 5
SI 2
YE 4

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