ANASTROPHE


Meaning of ANASTROPHE in English

əˈnastrə(ˌ)fē noun

( -s )

Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Greek anastrophē, literally, turning back, from anastrephein to turn back, from ana- + strephein to turn — more at strophe

: inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect

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