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Reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
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hyperbaton
Word definitions for hyperbaton in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, "figure of speech in which the natural order of words or phrases is inverted, especially for the sake of emphasis," from Greek hyperbaton , literally "overstepping," from hyper "over" + bainein "to step" (see come ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context grammar English) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hyperbaton \Hy*per"ba*ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? transposed, fr. ? to step over; "ype`r over + ? to step.] (Gram.) A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, ``echoed the hills'' for ``the hills ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hyperbaton is a figure of speech that consists of an alteration of the syntactic order of the words in a sentence, or in which normally associated words are separated. The term may also be used more generally for all different figures of speech which transpose ...