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anacoluthia

[ an-uh-kuh-loo-thee-uh ]

noun

Rhetoric.
  1. lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, especially in a sentence.


anacoluthia

/ ˌæəəˈːθɪə /

noun

  1. rhetoric lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԲˈܳٳ󾱳, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • a··t󾱳 adjective
  • a··t·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of anacoluthia1

1855–60; < Latin < Greek ԲDZdzܳٳí. See anacoluthon, -ia
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Anacoluthon, an-a-ko-lū′thon, n. want of sequence in the construction of a sentence, when the latter part does not grammatically correspond with the former: a sentence exhibiting an Anacoluthia, or the passing from one construction to another before the former is completed.

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