HYPERBATON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperbaton mean? 

• HYPERBATON (noun)
  The noun HYPERBATON has 1 sense:

1. reversal of normal word order (as in 'cheese I love')

  Familiarity information: HYPERBATON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERBATON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reversal of normal word order (as in 'cheese I love')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hyperbaton" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))