HYSTERON PROTERON


Meaning of HYSTERON PROTERON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhis-tə-ˌrän-ˈprä-tə-ˌrän, -tə-rən-ˈprä-tə-rən, -ˈprȯ- ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, literally, (the) later earlier, (the) latter first

Date: 1565

: a figure of speech consisting of the reversal of a natural or rational order (as in “then came the thunder and the lightning”)

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