hyperbaton
[ hahy-pur-buh-ton ]
noun,plural hy·per·ba·tons, hy·per·ba·ta [hahy-pur-buh-tuh]. /haɪˈpɜr bə tə/. Rhetoric.
the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”
Origin of hyperbaton
1Other words from hyperbaton
- hy·per·bat·ic [hahy-per-bat-ik], /ˌhaɪ pərˈbæt ɪk/, adjective
- hy·per·bat·i·cal·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for hyperbaton
hyperbaton
/ (haɪˈpɜːbəˌtɒn) /
noun
rhetoric a figure of speech in which the normal order of words is reversed, as in cheese I love
Origin of hyperbaton
1C16: via Latin from Greek, literally: an overstepping, from hyper- + bainein to step
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