Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Polysyndeton \Pol`y*syn"de*ton\, n. [NL., from Gr. poly`s many +
? bound together, fr. ? to bind together; ? with + ? to
bind.] (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}.
Source : WordNet®
polysyndeton
n : using several conjunctions in close succession, especially
where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and
laughed for joy')