Zeugma : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Zeugma	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Zeugma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
zeugma n 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zeugma \Zeug"ma\, n. [L., from Gr. [?], fr. [?] to yoke, join. See {Yoke}.] (Gram.) A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, [bd]hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;[b8] where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.