polysyndeton n 1: using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')
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}. [1913 Webster]