Daily Archives: January 29, 2008

Hysterologia

Hysterologia (his-ter-o-lo’-gi-a): A form of hyperbaton or parenthesis in which one interposes a phrase between a preposition and its object.  Also, a synonym for hysteron proteron.

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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).