ANACOLUTHON


Meaning of ANACOLUTHON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-nə-kə-ˈlü-ˌthän ]

noun

( plural an·a·co·lu·tha -thə ; 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 ought—well, do it your own way”)

• an·a·co·lu·thic -thik adjective

• an·a·co·lu·thi·cal·ly -thi-k(ə-)lē adverb

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