anacoluthon
[ an-uh-kuh-loo-thon ]
/ ˌæn ə kəˈlu θɒn /
noun, plural an·a·co·lu·tha [an-uh-kuh-loo-thuh] /ˌæn ə kəˈlu θə/. Rhetoric.
a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry.
an instance of anacoluthia.
Origin of anacoluthon
1700–10; < Greek
anakólouthon, neuter of
anakólouthos not following, equivalent to
an-
an-1 +
akólouthos marching together (
a- together +
kolouth-, gradational variant of
keleuth- road, march +
-os adj. suffix
Words nearby anacoluthon
anaclisis,
anaclitic,
anaclitic depression,
anacoenosis,
anacoluthia,
anacoluthon,
anaconda,
anacostia,
anacostia river,
anacoustic,
anacreon
Example sentences from the Web for anacoluthon
A breakdown like this—an anacoluthon, as the grammarians call it—is nothing strange in Paul's style.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians |G. G. FindlayAnacoluthon, a want of grammatical and logical sequence in the structure of a sentence.
The anacoluthon in Mk iv, 31, is avoided by Matthew and Luke.
Sources of the Synoptic Gospels |Carl S. Patton
British Dictionary definitions for anacoluthon
anacoluthon
/ (ˌænəkəˈluːθɒn) /
noun plural -tha (-θə)
rhetoric
a construction that involves the change from one grammatical sequence to another within a single sentence; an example of anacoluthia
Word Origin for anacoluthon
C18: from Late Latin, from Greek
anakolouthon, from
anakolouthos not consistent, from
an- +
akolouthos following