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.

Example

[Science fiction is] a form, as is often noted, that makes the strange familiar and [makes] the familiar strange. (Dargis 2013)

Dargis, Manohla. 2013. “After the Apocalypse, Things Go Downhill.” The New York Times, April 18, 2013.