ANACOLUTHON

[an.a.co.lu.thon] n, pl -tha also -thons [LL, fr. LGk anakolouthon inconsistency in logic, fr. Gk, neut. of anakolouthos inconsistent, fr. an- + akolouthos following, fr. ha-, a- together + keleuthos path] (ca. 1706): syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence; esp: a shift in an unfinished sentence from one syntactic construction to another (as in "you really ought--well, do it your own way") -- an.a.co.lu.thic adj -- an.a.co.lu.thi.cal.ly adv