hy·per·ba·ton (h -pûr b -t n )n. A figure of speech, such as anastrophe or hysteron proteron, using deviation from normal or logical word order to produce an effect. [Greek huperbaton, from neuter of huperbatos, transposed, from huperbainein, to step over : huper-, over, across; see hyper- + bainein, to step; see gw  - in Indo-European roots.] |
hyperbaton [haɪˈpɜːbəˌtɒn]
n
(Literature / Rhetoric) Rhetoric a figure of speech in which the normal order of words is reversed, as in cheese I love
[via Latin from Greek, literally: an overstepping, from hyper- + bainein to step]
hyperbaton
a rhetorical device in which the usual or expected word order is inverted.
See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices
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| Noun | 1. | hyperbaton - reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love') rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) |
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