Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - zeugma
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Zeugma
zeugma
noun Etymology: Middle English zeuma, from Medieval Latin, from Latin ~, from Greek, literally, joining, from zeugnynai to join; akin to Latin jungere to join — more at yoke Date: 15th century the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one (as in “opened the door and her heart to the homeless boy”)
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n. a figure of speech using a verb or adjective with two nouns, to one of which it is strictly applicable while the word appropriate to the other is not used (e.g. with weeping eyes and Etymology: sc. grieving hearts) (cf. SYLLEPSIS). Derivatives zeugmatic adj. Etymology: L f. Gk zeugma -atos f. zeugnumi to yoke, zugon yoke ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1586, "a single word made to refer to two or more words in a sentence," from Gk., lit. "a yoking," from zeugnynai "to yoke." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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