Hendiadys (noun)
hen-dahy-a-dis
(rhetoric) a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”
1580–90; < Medieval Latin; alteration of Greek phrase hèn dià dyoîn one through two, one by means of two
Example sentences
“She spoke in hendiadys, the first line constantly being defined by the second.”
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