hyperbaton

Noun

Meaning

A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed."

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

simile transposition speech exchange deviation metaphor deflection bracket parenthesis commutation metastasis digression palindrome divagation deflexion
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Hypernyms

rhetorical device

Close letter words and terms

hyperbass flute hyperbatic hyperbatically hyperbeam hyperbeat hyperbending