ANASTROPHE

anastrophe, inversion

(noun) the reversal of the normal order of words

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

anastrophe (countable and uncountable, plural anastrophes)

(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.

Synonyms

• inversion

Source: Wiktionary

A*nas"tro*phe, n. Etym: [Gr. (Rhet. & Gram.)

Definition: An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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