sylleptic, a.
(sɪˈlɛptɪk)
[ad. Gr. συλληπτικός, f. σύλληψις syllepsis. Cf. F. sylleptique.]
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving syllepsis. Also syˈlleptical a. Hence syˈlleptically adv.
| 1802 A. Crombie Etym. & Syntax Eng. Lang. ii. (1830) 260 ‘He addressed you and me, and desired us to follow him’, where us sylleptically represents the two persons. 1846 Worcester, Sylleptical, relating to, or implying, syllepsis. Crombie. 1860 Farrar Orig. Lang. viii. 174 That sylleptical tendency which seems to have marked the earliest stage of language. 1865 ― Chapt. Lang. vi. 77 It [sc. gesture] is..obscure because it is sylleptic, i.e. it expresses but the most general facts of the situation. |