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Webster 1913 Edition


Anacoluthon

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Anˊa-co-lu′thon

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], not following, wanting sequence;
ἀν
priv. + [GREEK] following.]
(Gram.)
A lack of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.

Syn. – anacoluthia