[L., a. Gr. τὸ ἀσύνδετον, subst, use of ἀσύνδετος unconnected, f. ἀ priv. + σύνδετος, vbl. adj. f. συν-δέ-ειν to bind together.] A rhetorical figure that omits the conjunction. Asyndetic a., characterized by asyndeton, not connected by conjunctions.
1589. Puttenham, Eng. Poesie (1869), 185. Asyndeton, or the Loose language … as thus: I savv it, I said it, I vvill svveare it.
1740. B. Martin, Bibl. Techn., 145. Asyndeton the Cop’latives denies. Faith, Justice, Truth, Religion, Mercy dies.
1879. trans. Meyer on 1 Cor. xiv. 1. Διώκετε τὴν ἀγάπην … asyndetic, but following with all the greater emphasis upon the praise of love.
