hyperbaton
noun
the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”
hyperbata
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pluralof hyperbaton.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Lastly, he observes the tendency to hyperbata or transpositions of words, and to rhythmical uniformity as well as grammatical irregularity in the structure of the sentences.
From Laws by Benjamin Jowett
Aggravations are then in their proper places; interrogations, exclamations, hyperbata, or a disordered connection of discourse, are graceful there, because they are natural.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Sir Walter Scott
