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

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan