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Definition of Sylleptic
1. a. Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis.
Definition of Sylleptic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to syllepsis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sylleptic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sylleptic
Literary usage of Sylleptic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Language and Languages: Being "Chapters on Language" and "Families of Speech" by Frederic William Farrar (1878)
"... easy to see that gesture could never be a perfect means of intercommunication.
Energetic, rapid, and faithful, it is yet obscure because it is sylleptic ..."
2. A Plea for Spoken Language: An Essay Upon Comparative Elocution, Condensed by James Edward Murdoch (1883)
"Energetic, rapid, and faithful, it is yet obscure, because it is sylleptic; ie,
it expresses but the most general facts of the situation, and is incapable ..."
3. Language and Languages: Being "Chapters on Language" and "Families of Speech" by Frederic William Farrar (1878)
"... easy to see that gesture could never be a perfect means of intercommunication.
Energetic, rapid, and faithful, it is yet obscure because it is sylleptic ..."
4. A Plea for Spoken Language: An Essay Upon Comparative Elocution, Condensed by James Edward Murdoch (1883)
"Energetic, rapid, and faithful, it is yet obscure, because it is sylleptic; ie,
it expresses but the most general facts of the situation, and is incapable ..."
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