hendiadys
noun/henˈdaɪədɪs/
/henˈdaɪədɪs/
[uncountable] (grammar)- the use of two words joined with ‘and’ to express a single idea, for example ‘nice and warm’Word Originlate 16th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek hen dia duoin ‘one thing by two’.
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