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anacoluthia
[an-uh-kuh-loo-thee-uh]
noun
Rhetoric.
lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, especially in a sentence.
anacoluthia
/ ˌæəəˈːθɪə /
noun
rhetoric lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence
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Other 51Թ Forms
- anacoluthic adjective
- anacoluthically adverb
- ˌԲˈܳٳ adjective
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51Թ 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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