Hendiadys is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for HENDIADYS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the expression of an idea by two nouns connected by and (as cups and gold) instead of by a noun and an adjective (as golden cups)
• the expression of a single idea by two words connected with ‘and’, e.g. nice and warm, when one could be used to modify the other, as in nicely warm.
• rhetorical device by which two nouns joined by a conjunction are used instead of a noun and modifier
• A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.
• use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier
• the expression of a single idea by two words connected with ‘and’, e.g. nice and warm, when one could be used to modify the other, as in nicely warm.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the expression of an idea by the use of usually two independent words connected by and (as nice and warm) instead of the usual combination of independent word and its modifier (as nicely warm)

Words related to HENDIADYS

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Words that contain HENDIADYS

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Similar words containing HENDIADY without suffix s

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