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anastrophe

anast·rophe

US/əˈnæstɹəfi/ uncommon

noun

1.

the reversal of the normal order of words

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Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).

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