asyndeton

[ uh-sin-di-ton, -tuh n ]

/ əˈsɪn dɪˌtɒn, -tən /

Rhetoric. the omission of conjunctions, as in “He has provided the poor with jobs, with opportunity, with self-respect.”

Library Science. the omission of cross references, especially from a catalog.

Origin of asyndeton

1580–90; < Latin < Greek, noun use of neuter of asýndetos not linked ( a- a-⁶ + syndé(ein) to link + -tos verbid suffix)

as·yn·det·ic

[as-in-det-ik] /ˈæs ɪnˈdɛt ɪk/, adjective as·yn·det·i·cal·ly, adverb

But the asyndeton (so characteristic of the fourth Gospel) proving uncongenial to certain of old time, D inserted και.

The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels |John Burgon
Of this sort is Asyndeton when the conjunctions uniting sentences are removed.

Essays and Miscellanies |Plutarch
And this is what Homer has expressed by using the figure Asyndeton.

On the Sublime |Longinus
The asyndeton in this distich is odd, given the preceding series of connectives.

The Last Poems of Ovid |Ovid

But the asyndeton resulting from the suppression of these words was felt to be intolerable.

The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels |John Burgon

asyndeton

/ (æˈsɪndɪtən) /

the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence

an asyndetic construction Compare syndeton

C16: from New Latin, from Greek asundeton, from asundetos unconnected, from a- 1 + sundein to bind together