anacoluthon

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: an=a=co=lu=thon

CIDE DICTIONARY

anacoluthon, n. [Gr. , , not following, wanting sequence; 'an priv. + following.].

 A lack of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anacoluthon, n. (pl. anacolutha) a sentence or construction which lacks grammatical sequence (e.g. while in the garden the door banged shut).

Derivative

anacoluthic adj.

Etymology

LL f. Gk anakolouthon (as AN-(1), akolouthos following)

ROGET THESAURUS

anacoluthon

Discontinuity

N discontinuity, disjunction, anacoluthon, interruption, break, fracture, flaw, fault, crack, cut, gap, solution of continuity, caesura, broken thread, parenthesis, episode, rhapsody, patchwork, intermission, alternation, dropping fire, discontinuous, unsuccessive, broken, interrupted, dicousu, disconnected, unconnected, discrete, disjunctive, fitful, spasmodic, desultory, intermitting, occasional, intermittent, alternate, recurrent, at intervals, by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts, skippingly, per saltum, longo intervallo, like 'angel visits few and far between'.