Associations to the word «Hendiadys»
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.