anacoluthia
noun
lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, especially in a sentence.
anacoluthic
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a word derived from
anacoluthia.
Example Sentences
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One is aware in him of an anacoluthic quality, as if his mind suddenly stopped leaping in one direction to begin jumping in a quite contrary direction.
From The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster by Harold Begbie
He never becomes anacoluthic; his talent is too refined and sure for that; but he does repeat himself and is unnecessarily circumstantial.
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Johan Huizinga
Aspirates troubled him, so that for the most part he cast them away, and the syntax of his periods was often anacoluthic; but these matters were of no moment.
From Demos by George Gissing
