HYPERBATON


Meaning of HYPERBATON in English

hīˈpərbəˌtän noun

( plural hyperbatons -nz ; or hyperba·ta -bəd.ə)

Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from neuter of hyperbatos transposed, inverted, from hyperbainein to step over, scale, from hyper- + bainein to step, walk — more at come

: a transposition or inversion of idiomatic word order (as “echoed the hills” for “the hills echoed”)

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