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Definition of Asyndetic
1. Adjective. Lacking conjunctions.
Definition of Asyndetic
1. a. Characterized by the use of asyndeton; not connected by conjunctions.
Definition of Asyndetic
1. Adjective. (grammar) Not connected by a conjunction. ¹
2. Adjective. (psychiatry) Relating to asyndesis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asyndetic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asyndetic
Literary usage of Asyndetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transition in the Attic Orators by Robert Dale Elliott (1919)
"As applied to such cases, therefore, the term asyndetic in its literal sense is
obviously somewhat inexact, but may nevertheless be used as a more or less ..."
2. An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. With a Treatise by Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner (1874)
"The asyndetic juxtaposition of double members joined by or, which even stand ...
The adversative coordination leaves wide play for the asyndetic antithesis. ..."
3. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"The primitive asyndetic relative construction disappeared in German for the most
part in the seventeenth century. The form without the repealed ..."
4. Demosthenic Style in the Private Orations by William Hamilton Kirk (1895)
"It is difficult to attribute to Lysias any lack of artistic power ; and an example
of asyndetic anaphora not cited above (32. ..."
5. Studia Biblica Et Ecclesiastica: Essays Chiefly in Biblical and Patristic by University of Oxford (1896)
"A period formed of two asyndetic clauses of some length, often antithetical ...
Long asyndetic passages, with anaphora and alliteration, are frequent; Mart. ..."
6. The Style and Language of St. Cyprian by Edward William Watson (1896)
"I. A period formed of two asyndetic clauses of some length, ... Long asyndetic
passages, with anaphora and alliteration, are frequent; Mori. ..."
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