anacoluthon
a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry.
an instance of anacoluthia.
Origin of anacoluthon
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How to use anacoluthon in a sentence
After he had read a few words, he would bang the book down on the table and continue pouring forth inextricable anacolutha.
The Loom of Youth | Alec WaughAnacolutha are of frequent occurrence, and cannot be explained as conscious literary devices.
British Dictionary definitions for anacoluthon
/ (ˌænəkəˈluːθɒn) /
rhetoric a construction that involves the change from one grammatical sequence to another within a single sentence; an example of anacoluthia
Origin of anacoluthon
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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