meaning of polysyndeton

1. A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores. " Opposed to asyndeton.
2.
using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy


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