ANASTROPHE


Meaning of ANASTROPHE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈnas-trə-(ˌ)fē ]

noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Greek anastrophē, 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

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