— hyperbatic /huy'peuhr bat"ik/ , adj. — hyperbatically , adv.
/huy perr"beuh ton'/ , n. , pl. hyperbatons, hyperbata /-beuh teuh/ . Rhet.
the use, esp. for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in "Bird thou never wert."
[ 1570-80; hyperbatós, equiv. to hyper- HYPER- + ba- (s. of baínein to walk, step) + -tos verbal adj. suffix; cf. BASIS ]