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hyperbaton
[ hahy-pur-buh-ton ]
/ haɪˈpɜr bəˌtɒn /
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noun, plural hy·per·ba·tons, hy·per·ba·ta [hahy-pur-buh-tuh]. /haɪˈpɜr bə tə/. Rhetoric.
the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”
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Origin of hyperbaton
OTHER WORDS FROM hyperbaton
hy·per·bat·ic [hahy-per-bat-ik], /ˌhaɪ pərˈbæt ɪk/, adjectivehy·per·bat·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby hyperbaton
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British Dictionary definitions for hyperbaton
hyperbaton
/ (haɪˈpɜːbəˌtɒn) /
noun
rhetoric a figure of speech in which the normal order of words is reversed, as in cheese I love
Word Origin for hyperbaton
C16: via Latin from Greek, literally: an overstepping, from hyper- + bainein to step
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