| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| anacoluthon |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·a·co·lu·thon |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n  -k-l  th n |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. an·a·co·lu·thons or an·a·co·lu·tha (-th)
An abrupt change within a sentence to a second construction inconsistent with the first, sometimes used for rhetorical effect; for example, I warned him that if he continues to drink, what will become of him? | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin, from Late Greek anakolouthon, inconsistency in logic, from Greek, neuter of anakolouthos, inconsistent : an-, not; see a–1 + akolouthos, following ( a-, together; see sem-1 in Appendix I + keleuthos, path). | | OTHER FORMS: | ana·co·luthic —ADJECTIVE
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