||Syl*lep"sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. sy`llhpsis a taking together, from &?;. See syllable, n.] 1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.

2. (Gram.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.

||Syl*lep"sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. sy`llhpsis a taking together, from &?;. See syllable, n.] 1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.

2. (Gram.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.

• a figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity
       Example: She lowered her standards and her neckline.