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hendiadys

Figure of speech that uses two words, linked by a conjunction, in place of one. It is rarely used in English, but occurs in such expressions as ‘nice and hot’ (instead of ‘nicely hot’), and ‘try and get it’ (instead of ‘try to get it’).



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Apart from the fact that hendiadys is a figure widely dispersed in early modern texts, Vickers asserts that in the Elegy we find at most two or three, "depending on the reader's charity" (191).
"Counterfeiting" Shakespeare: Evidence, Authorship, and John Ford's ... by Bevington, David / Renaissance Quarterly
Likewise, the assurance that "everyone will be salted by fire" (9:49) is also indigenous to Mark, who maintains that "Jesus and the gospel" (a hendiadys in Mark--7 i.
Opening blind eyes: a revisioning of Mark 8:22-10:52 by Keller, Marie Noel / Biblical Theology Bulletin
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