HYSTERON PROTERON


Meaning of HYSTERON PROTERON in English

[ ˌhɪstərɒn'prɒtərɒn ]

■ noun Rhetoric a figure of speech in which the natural order of elements is reversed.

Origin

C16: late L., from Gk husteron proteron 'the latter (put in place of) the former'.

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