Word For The Day, Wednesday, Rocktober 19, 2011 - hendiadys

dictionaries ad nauseam | 19 October 2011 | Thursday's sub doing double duty

[secret garden]

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

hendiadys \hen-DYE-uh-dis\ noun
the expression of an idea by the use of usually two independent words connected by and (as nice and warm)

Example sentence:
The hendiadys "good and loud" appears in many reviews of the concert. "In the source text, Claudius's distress is represented through doubling -- more specifically, in the form of a hendiadys where the two nouns 'discord' and 'dismay' are connected by 'and,' which creates intensification."
-- From Roshni Mooneeram and Jonathan Hope's 2009 book From Creole to Standard: Shakespeare, Language, and Literature in a Postcolonial Context

Etymology:
William Shakespeare often used hendiadys. For example, his character Macbeth, speaking of the passage of life, says "It is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing." For Shakespeare, the construction "sound and fury" was more effective than "furious sound." The word "hendiadys" is a modification of the Greek phrase "hen dia dyoin." Given that "hen dia dyoin" literally means "one through two," it's a perfect parent for a word that describes the expression of a single concept using two words, as in the phrase "rough and tough." As you can imagine, hendiadys is a common element in everyday speech and writing.

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!

[secret garden]

Rise and shine!

[agere_contra]

Fast and Furious.

[xsmommy]

i'm glad this Nasty piece of change got cashiered from her job. because i am SICK AND TIRED of the dang libs.

[secret garden]

Timely.

[secret garden]

You just used my favorite example of this term.

[left that other site]

I saw the video on You Tube. The loud and obnoxious lout has no business teaching children.

[NicknamedBob]

So my hendiadys is this, that not only is the sky falling, but also nobody will help; Little Red Henny-Penny.

We’re all gonna die together alone; doom and gloom.

[secret garden]

My second favorite is from Rumsfeld.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Hendiadys: A nice and long word about words.

[afraidfortherepublic]

This morning's concensus seems to be that the hendyadis of last night's Republican debate is "good and bad".

[xsmommy]

i recommend all Twits to follow @USAwarriors. They operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes for the US military personnel wounded in defense of the nation.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Should be hendiadys.

[afraidfortherepublic]

See #13.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

It was a dark and stormy night. The farmer and his wife heard some awful noises emanating from the chicken coop. The couple hurried there and were shocked to see that one of their best egg-layers had produced an egg that was the size of an ostrich egg, and the effort had ruptured some internal organs, leading to her untimely demise. The farmer, a recent transplant from Brooklyn, picked up the jumbo egg, held it in his hand and, shaking his head sadly, murmurmed to his wife: "Hendiadys!"

[xsmommy]

RIP

[SAJ]

Lucille Ball was a famous proponent of hennadiadis.

[secret garden]

It’s not my regular day to host the thread so I had to dash after posting. Everyone’s posts look A+ worthy so congrats to all! Confetti! Balloons! Teleprompters!

[hobbes1]

Tweeps

[xsmommy]

you can call them whatever you choose. i choose twits. what, are you sitting in for Soother, the absent pedant?