HYSTERON PROTERON


Meaning of HYSTERON PROTERON in English

n. rhet. a figure of speech in which what should come last is put first; an inversion of the natural order (e.g. I die! I faint! I fail!).

[ LL f. Gk husteron proteron the latter (put in place of) the former ]

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