anacoluthon
[ an-uh-kuh-loo-thon ]
/ ˌæn ə kəˈlu θɒn /
noun, plural an·a·co·lu·tha [an-uh-kuh-loo-thuh] /ˌæn ə kəˈlu θə/. Rhetoric.
a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry.
an instance of anacoluthia.
Words nearby anacoluthon
anaclisis, anaclitic, anaclitic depression, anacoenosis, anacoluthia, anacoluthon, anaconda, anacostia, anacostia river, anacoustic, anacreon
Origin of anacoluthon
1700–10; < Greek anakólouthon, neuter of anakólouthos not following, equivalent to an- an-1 + akólouthos marching together (a- together + kolouth-, gradational variant of keleuth- road, march + -os adj. suffix
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Examples from the Web for anacoluthon
A breakdown like this—an anacoluthon, as the grammarians call it—is nothing strange in Paul's style.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians|G. G. FindlayAnacoluthon, a want of grammatical and logical sequence in the structure of a sentence.
The anacoluthon in Mk iv, 31, is avoided by Matthew and Luke.
Sources of the Synoptic Gospels|Carl S. Patton
British Dictionary definitions for anacoluthon
anacoluthon
/ (ˌænəkəˈluːθɒn) /
noun plural -tha (-θə)
rhetoric a construction that involves the change from one grammatical sequence to another within a single sentence; an example of anacoluthia
Word Origin for anacoluthon
C18: from Late Latin, from Greek anakolouthon, from anakolouthos not consistent, from an- + akolouthos following
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