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✦Literature

Syllepsis

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A rhetorical figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different senses (e.g., 'She lowered her standards and her neckline'). One of Frederick's spelling words in the final round of the national championship.

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Appearance

Mentioned once in War of the Words.

War of the Words

Season 9 · Episode 18 · S09E18

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“'Syllepsis', S-Y-L-L-E-P-S-I-S, 'syllepsis'.”
— Freddie

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