a·nas·tro·phe
( -n s tr-f )
n.
Inversion of the normal syntactic order of words; for
example, "Matter too soft a lasting mark to
bear" (Alexander Pope).
[Late Latin anastroph
, from Greek, from
anastrephein, to turn upside-down : ana-, ana- +
strephein, to turn; see streb(h)- in Indo-European
roots.] |
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When Ann gets too tired as she reads aloud, she transposes words and speaks in anastrophes.
When Ann gets too tired as she reads aloud, she transposes words and speaks in anastrophes.
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