Hendiadys | Hendiadys Meaning, Definition, Examples, Illustration

Hendiadys | Hendiadys Meaning, Definition, Examples, Illustration

Hendiadys | Hendiadys Meaning, Definition, Examples, Illustration

Hendiadys | Hendiadys Meaning, Definition, Examples, Illustration

Hendiadys is a Greek word meaning ‘one thing by two’. In this figure of speech, two words (usually nouns) are joined by the conjunction ‘and’ in which one qualifies the other grammatically. Examples:

1. His look drew ‘audience and attention’. (=attentive audience.)
2. ‘Life and sufferance’. (= suffering life)
3. The air was resonant with ‘joy and song’. (= joyous song)
4. With joy and tidings fraught. (=joyous tidings)
5. He came despite the rain and weather. (= rainy weather)
6. ‘The cold and the wind’ blew down the hill. (= the cold wind)
7. Whatever you ‘pray and ask’. (=ask and pray). 0 0 0.

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N. B. The article ‘Hendiadys | Hendiadys Meaning, Definition, Examples, Illustration‘ originally belongs to the book ‘The Rhetoric‘ by Menonim Menonimus.

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