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noun, plural an·a·co·lu·tha 
[-thuh] . Rhetoric.
[-thuh] . Rhetoric. 1.
a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry.
2.
an instance of anacoluthia.
Origin:
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
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
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Anacoluthon
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anacoluthon
1706, "want of grammatical sequence, changing constructions in mid-clause," from L., from Gk. anacoluthon, neut. of anakolouthos "inconsequent," from an- "not" + akolouthos "following," from copulative prefix a- + keleuthos "way, road, track, path" (see celerity).
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