zeugma(n = noun.communication) - use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma"
is a kind of figure, figure of speech, image, trope
has particulars: syllepsis
A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, “hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;” where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma. [1913 Webster]
zeugma, n. a figure of speech using a verb or adjective with two nouns, to one of which it is strictly applicable while the word appropriate to the other is not used (e.g. with weeping eyes and
Derivative:
zeugmatic adj.
Etymology:
L f. Gk zeugma -atos f. zeugnumi to yoke, zugon yoke