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   asyndeton

   /əˈsɪndɪt(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence, as in I came, I saw, I conquered: "syntactically unmarked but semantically connected asyndeta"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: modern Latin, from Greek asundeton, neuter of asundetos ‘unconnected’, from a- ‘not’ + sundetos ‘bound together’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. asyndetic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • A

     1

   • S

     1

   • Y

     4

   • N

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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