Hyphenation of zeugma

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word zeugma? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of zeugma:

1.	Use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one `Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma

Synonyms of zeugma:

noun	trope, figure of speech, figure, image

Last hyphenations of this language

vanish Zeus mild-tongued malthusian diageotropic honey clangful common-law unmotorised plum bucket Blades forty-nine agitator Sherlock forgone nonrival attestation north peppy

Hyphenator

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