Meaning of hendiadys | Babel Free
hɛnˈdaɪ.ədɪsDefinitions
A figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea.
Equivalents
Català
hendíadis
Deutsch
Hendiadyoin
Esperanto
hendiadino
Gaeilge
einniad
Italiano
endiade
日本語
二詞一意
Nederlands
hendiadys
Português
hendíadis
Русский
гендиа́дис
Examples
“Some examples of hendiadys comprise two words in the bound state; others, two words in appositional hendiadys. It would seem that certain cases of appositional hendiadys are closely related to wordpairs (see WORD-PAIRS, BREAK-UP), though which way the development proceeded is far from certain.”
“Each illustrates a different facet of verbal hendiadys in English.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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