anastrophe

[ uh-nas-truh-fee ]

nounRhetoric.
  1. inversion of the usual order of words.

Origin of anastrophe

1
1570–80; <Greek: turning back. See ana-, strophe

Words Nearby anastrophe

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How to use anastrophe in a sentence

  • This is the only sentence in Arrian where suffers anastrophe, coming after the noun.

    The Anabasis of Alexander | Arrian of Nicomedia

British Dictionary definitions for anastrophe

anastrophe

/ (əˈnæstrəfɪ) /


noun
  1. rhetoric another term for inversion (def. 3)

Origin of anastrophe

1
C16: from Greek, from anastrephein to invert

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