hyperbaton
About 0.02 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
- noun Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
Similar words
premodifier emphasis dingbat battologism typogram orthotonesis baria inverted circumflex alternating caps barytonesis
Often followed by
in is and of with as
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