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hyperbaton

Noun CEFR B2
haɪˈpɜːbətɒn

Definitions

  1. An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
  2. Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
    rhetoric

Equivalents

8 more languages
Catalàhipèrbaton
Ελληνικάυπερβατό
Italianoiperbato
日本語転置法
Latinatraiectio
Nederlandshyperbaton
Portuguêshipérbato
Русскийгипербатон

Examples

“In real life we often see⟳ a man under the influence⟳ of rage, or fear, […] begin⟳ a sentence, and then swerve aside into some inconsequent parenthesis, and then again double⟳ back to his original statement […]Now the figure⟳ hyperbaton is the means which is employed by the best writers to imitate these signs of natural emotion.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

hyperbeam hyperbeat hyperbending hyperbenthos hyperbetalipoproteinemia hyperbibliography

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