anastrophe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.

/əˈnæstɹəfi/

anastrophe anastrophes

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).

hyperbaton inversion

anastrophic anastrophism antimetabole chiasmus SVO SOV OSV VSO VOS Yodaspeak

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