hyperbaton

noun

hy·​per·​ba·​ton

hīˈpərbəˌtän

plural hyperbatons

-nz

or hyperbata

-bətə

: a transposition or inversion of idiomatic word order (as "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed")

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from Greek, from neuter of hyperbatos transposed, inverted, from hyperbainein to step over, scale, from hyper- + bainein to step, walk

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