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anacoluthia

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an⋅a⋅co⋅lu⋅thi⋅a

  [an-uh-kuh-loo-thee-uh]
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–noun Rhetoric.
lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, esp. in a sentence.
Origin:
1855–60; < L < Gk anakolouthía. See anacoluthon, -ia

Related forms:
an⋅a⋅co⋅lu⋅thic, adjective
an⋅a⋅co⋅lu⋅thi⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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anacoluthia

noun
an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another 
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