ANASTROPHE


Meaning of ANASTROPHE in English

[anas.tro.phe] n [ML, fr. Gk anastrophe, lit., turning back, fr. anastrephein to turn back, fr. ana- + strephein to turn] (ca. 1550): inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect--compare hysteron proteron

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