prozeugma

Etymology

N/A

Synonyms, partial synonyms, and alternate spellings

ante-yoke, antezeugmenon, injunctum, praeiunctio, proepizeuxis, protozeugma, ringleader

Definition

When a word or word string (usually a verb or an adjective, or part of a verb or adjective phrase) serves grammatically in more than one subsequent colon; often defined as the deletion or omission of that word in subsequent cola.

The crumpled, paperwhite residents sat in rows. What could be making death take so long? Some looked more frightened than bored, some [looked] more bored than frightened. (St. Aubyn, 2015: 496)

St. Aubyn, Edward. (2015 [2012]). The Patrick Melrose Novels. Picador.