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Traditional English :: zeugmatic
zeugmatic - n.
a figure of speech using a verb or adjective with two nouns, to one of which it is strictly applicable while the word appropriate to the other is not used (e.g. with weeping eyes and [sc. grieving] hearts) (cf. SYLLEPSIS).
    zeugmatic adj. [L f. Gk zeugma -atos f. zeugnumi to yoke, zugon yoke]