n.
Pronunciation: ˌ a-n ə -k ə - ' lü- ˌ thän
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -tha \ -th ə \ also -thons
Etymology: Late Latin, from Late Greek anakolouthon inconsistency in logic, from Greek, neuter of anakolouthos inconsistent, from an- + akolouthos following, from ha-, a- together + keleuthos path
Date: circa 1706
: syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence especially : a shift in an unfinished sentence from one syntactic construction to another (as in “ you really oughtwell, do it your own way ” )
– an · a · co · lu · thic \ -thik \ adjective
– an · a · co · lu · thi · cal · ly \ -thi-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb