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HYSTEROLOGY
Hys`ter*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. hystérologie.] (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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