polysyndeton Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')

WordNet

Pol`y*syn"de*ton noun
Etymology
NL., from Gr. many + bound together, fr. to bind together; with + to bind.
Definitions
  1. (Rhet.) A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to asyndeton.

Webster 1913