| mesozeugma |
| me'-so-zyoog'-ma | from Gk. meso, "middle" and zeugma, "yoke" |
| Also sp. mezozeugma | |
| middle marcher | |
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A zeugma in which one places a common verb for many subjects in the middle of a construction. | |
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| First the
door locked, and then his jaw.
Neither his father nor his mother could persuade him; neither his friends nor his kinsmen. |
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| Sources: | Mosellanus a4v; Susenbrotus (1540) 26; Peacham (1577) K3r; Putt. (1589) 176 ("mesozeugma," "middle marcher") | |
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