Usually means: Omission of conjunctions between clauses.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word asyndeton:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. asyndeton: Merriam-Webster
  2. asyndeton: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. asyndeton: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. asyndeton: Collins English Dictionary
  5. asyndeton: Vocabulary.com
  6. asyndeton: Wordnik
  7. asyndeton: Wiktionary
  8. asyndeton: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. asyndeton: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Asyndeton, asyndeton: Dictionary.com
  11. Asyndeton: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Asyndeton: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. asyndeton: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Asyndeton: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. asyndeton: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. asyndeton: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. asyndeton: FreeDictionary.org
  18. asyndeton: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. asyndeton: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. asyndeton: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. asyndeton: Merriam-Webster

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples (No longer online)
  3. Asyndeton: A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
  4. ASYNDETON: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. asyndeton: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. asyndeton: A Word A Day
  2. asyndeton: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Asyndeton: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See asyndeta as well.)

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noun:  (grammar, rhetoric) Omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.

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