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anacoluthia

American  
[an-uh-kuh-loo-thee-uh] / ˌæn ə kəˈlu θi ə /

noun

Rhetoric.

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

anacoluthia British  
/ ˌænəkəˈluːθɪə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

  • anacoluthic adjective
  • anacoluthically adverb

Etymology

Origin of anacoluthia

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

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