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Using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')
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polysyndeton
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n. (context rhetoric English) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence.
WordNet
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n. using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polysyndeton \Pol`y*syn"de*ton\, n. [NL., from Gr. poly`s many + ? bound together, fr. ? to bind together; ? with + ? to bind.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, ``We have ships and men and money and stores.'' ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Polysyndeton is the use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some could otherwise be omitted (as in "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy"). The word polysyndeton comes from the Greek "poly-", meaning "many," and "syndeton", meaning ...