Definition of "polysyndeton" [pol•y•syn•de•ton]

• The repetition of conjunctions in close succession for rhetorical effect, as in the phrase here and there and everywhere. (noun)

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• "Then follows, introduced by a kind of polysyndeton (wekhi --"
• "He explains, for instance, polysyndeton : It is the repeated use of a conjunction, as in Mark Twain ' s a German daily is the slowest and saddest and dreariest of the inventions of man."
• "I'm fond of the polysyndeton, myself. trillwing commented at 4:24 PM~"