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HYPOZEUXIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Use of a series of parallel clauses (as in 'I came, I saw, I conquered')
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hypozeuxis" is a kind of...):
rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))