| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| hendiadys |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hen·di·a·dys |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h n-d   -d s |
| NOUN: | A figure of speech in which two words connected by a conjunction are used to express a single notion that would normally be expressed by an adjective and a substantive, such as grace and favor instead of gracious favor. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin, from Greek hen dia duoin, one by means of two : hen, neuter of heis, one; see sem-1 in Appendix I + dia, through + duoin, genitive of duo, two; see dwo- in Appendix I.
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