polysyndeton

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  1. noun The repetition of conjunctions in close succession for rhetorical effect, as in the phrase here and there and everywhere.

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  1. Late Greek polusundeton, from neuter of polusundetos, using many connectives : Greek polu-, poly- + Greek sundetos, bound together; see syndetic.

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  1. New Latin, = French polysyndète = Spanish polisíndeton = Portuguese polysyndeton, from New Latin polysyndeton, from Greek Πολυσύνδετον, properly neuter of Πολυσύνδετος, joined in various ways, πολύς, many, + σύνδετος, bound together: see asyndeton.
 

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/pɑlɪˈsɪndɛtɑn/
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