n.
Pronunciation: ə - ' nas-tr ə -( ˌ )f ē
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Greek anastroph ē , literally, turning back, from anastrephein to turn back, from ana- + strephein to turn
Date: circa 1550
: inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect ― compare HYSTERON PROTERON