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noun, plural an·a·co·lu·tha [an-uh-kuh–loo-thuh] /ˌæn ə kəˈlu θə/. Rhetoric.
- a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry.
- an instance of anacoluthia.
noun plural -tha (-θə)
- rhetoric a construction that involves the change from one grammatical sequence to another within a single sentence; an example of anacoluthia
“want of grammatical sequence; changing constructions in mid-clause,” 1706, from Latinized form of Greek anakoluthon, neuter of anakolouthos “inconsequent,” from an- “not” (see an- (1)) + akolouthos “following,” from copulative prefix a- + keleuthos “way, road, track, path” (see celerity).