Definition of Anacaluthon
||An`a*co*lu"thon (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;,
not following, wanting sequence; 'an priv. + &?; following.]
(Gram.) A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a
sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the
latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first
part.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a sentence or other structure with no grammatical sequence; especially when deliberate, as a rhetorical device
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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