Crossword-Solution: SYLLEPSIS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Syllepsis | n. | A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time. |
| Syllepsis | n. | The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati. |
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Walk furtively (up to someone)
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Hint 1 meaning
To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise;
as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.
Hint 2 anagram
DIESL
Hint 3 another clue
Move
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Sentences with SYLLEPSIS (2)
This is a typical instance of Ovid's love of _syllepsis_, of giving a single verb two objects (or more), each of which uses a different meaning of the verb.
Now, for the first time at the apex of the living pyramid, it is Man and Nature, but Man himself is a syllepsis, a compendium of Nature—the Microcosm! Naked and helpless cometh man into the world.