Associations to the word «Hendiadys»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

HENDIADYS, noun. (rhetoric) a figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea.

Dictionary definition

HENDIADYS, noun. Use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca