ANACOLUTHON


Meaning of ANACOLUTHON in English

ˌanəkəˈlüˌthän noun

( plural anacolu·tha -_thə ; or anacoluthons )

Etymology: Late Latin, from Late Greek anakolouthon inconsistency in logic, from Greek, neuter of anakolouthos inconsistent, from an- + akolouthos following — more at akoluthia

: syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence ; especially : the shift from one construction, left incomplete, to another, sometimes for rhetorical effect (as “you really ought — well, do it your own way”)

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