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hendiadys

Syllabification: (hen·di·a·dys)

Pronunciation: /henˈdīədəs/

Definition of hendiadys

noun

Rhetoric

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.