First Known Use: circa 1550
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anastrophe
noun anas·tro·phe \ə-ˈnas-trə-(ˌ)fē\
Definition of ANASTROPHE
: inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect — compare hysteron proteron
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Origin of ANASTROPHE
Medieval Latin, from Greek anastrophē, literally, turning back, from anastrephein to turn back, from ana- + strephein to turn
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