hyperbaton

hy·per·ba·ton  (h-pûrb-tn)

n.

A figure of speech, such as anastrophe or hysteron proteron, using deviation from normal or logical word order to produce an effect.

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[Greek huperbaton, from neuter of huperbatos, transposed, from huperbainein, to step over : huper-, over, across; see hyper- + bainein, to step; see g^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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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

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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)