syntheton

syntheton

English

Examples (rhetoric)
red, white, and blue meat and potatoes heaven and earth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnθətɒn/

Noun

syntheton (plural syntheta)

1. (rhetoric) A set phrase linking two or more non-synonymous words by conjunction.

Hyponyms

• (rhetoric): hendiadys

See also

• Category:English coordinated pairs
• syntheton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• synonymia

References

• Silva Rhetoricae