Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Asyndeton \A*syn"de*ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? unconnected;
   'a priv. + ? bound together, fr. ?; ? with + ? to bind.]
   (Rhet.)
   A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I
   conquered. It stands opposed to {polysyndeton}.