HYPERBATON

Hyperbaton

Hyperbaton is a figure of speech in which words are transposed. The classic definition of the term is any deliberate and dramatic departure from standard word order.

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hyperbaton

Noun

  1. An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.


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