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Definition syllepsis
Etymology
From Latin syllepsis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (súll?psis).
Noun
Examples (rhetoric) |
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syllepsis (countable and uncountable, plural syllepses)
- (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.
- (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
15 letter words with the letters SYLLEPSIS ↑
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SPIRITLESSLY
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11 letter words with the letters SYLLEPSIS ↑
SPINELESSLY
19
9 letter words with the letters SYLLEPSIS ↑
SYLLEPSIS
16
8 letter words with the letters SYLLEPSIS ↑
SLIPLESS
13
7 letter words with the letters SYLLEPSIS ↑
6 letter words with the letters SYLLEPSIS ↑
LISLES
8
PISSES
9
PLISSE
10
SEPSIS
9
SLIPES
10
SLYPES
12
SPEILS
10
SPEISS
9
SPELLS
11
SPIELS
10
SPILES
10
SPILLS
11
5 letter words with the letters SYLLEPSIS ↑
ISLES
6
LISLE
7
LISPS
9
LYSES
8
LYSIS
8
PILES
9
PILLS
10
PLIES
9
SELLS
7
SILLS
7
SILLY
9
SIPES
8
SISES
5
SISSY
7
SLILY
9
SLIPE
9
SLIPS
9
SLYPE
11
SPEIL
9
SPELL
10
SPIEL
9
SPIES
8
SPILE
9
SPILL
10
SYLIS
8
YELLS
9
YELPS
11
YILLS
9
YIPES
10
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
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