pol|y|syn|de|ton

pol|y|syn|de|ton
pol|y|syn|de|ton «POL ee SIHN duh ton», noun.
Rhetoric. the use of several conjunctions in close succession. Example: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it (Matthew 7:27).
[< New Latin polysyndeton < poly- poly- + syndeton < Greek sýndetos connected < syndeîn bind together < syn- together + deîn to bind. Compare etym. under asyndeton (Cf.asyndeton), syndetic. (Cf.syndetic)]

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