anacoluthons

Variant of anacoluthon

anacoluthon definition

ana·co·lu·thon (an′ə kə lo̵̅o̅t̸hän′)

noun pl. anacolutha -·tha (-t̸hə) or anacoluthons -·thons′

  1. a change from one grammatical construction to another within the same sentence, sometimes as a rhetorical device
  2. a sentence in which this occurs (Ex.: “A man, young lady! lady, such a man as all the world— why, he's a man of wax!”)

Etymology: LGr anakolouthon < Gr, neut. of anakolouthos, inconsequent < an-, not + akolouthos, following: see acolyte

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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