Hyperbaton
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /haɪˈpɜːbətɒn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hyperbaton is a noun meaning (grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
Meaning
(grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
More Meanings
- (rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
Example Sentences
In real life we often see a man under the influence of rage, or fear, […] begin a sentence, and then swerve aside into some inconsequent parenthesis, and then again double back to his original statement […]Now the figure hyperbaton is the means which is employed by the best writers to imitate these signs of natural emotion.
Word Forms
- hyperbatons
- hyperbata
Synonyms for hyperbaton
Depending on context, synonyms include anastrophe, inversion.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include premodifier, emphasis, dingbat, battologism, typogram, orthotonesis.
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