anacoluthia

[an-uh-kuh-loo-thee-uh]

noun

Rhetoric.

1. lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, especially in a sentence.

anacoluthia

/ ˌænəkəˈluːθɪə /

noun

1. rhetoric lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence

Other Word Forms

• anacoluthic adjective
• anacoluthically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of anacoluthia¹

1855–60; < Latin < Greek anakolouthía. See anacoluthon, -ia

Example Sentences

Anacoluthon, an-a-ko-lū′thon, n. want of sequence in the construction of a sentence, when the latter part does not grammatically correspond with the former: a sentence exhibiting an Anacoluthia, or the passing from one construction to another before the former is completed.

Read more on Project Gutenberg