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Definition of Anacoluthic
1. Adjective. Of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons.
Definition of Anacoluthic
1. a. Lacking grammatical sequence.
Definition of Anacoluthic
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon. ¹
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Definition of Anacoluthic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anacoluthic
Literary usage of Anacoluthic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Outlines of English Syntax by Leon Kellner (1913)
"anacoluthic Nominative. § 209. 3. In all these cases it is a sort of anacoluthon
which produces the irregular construction, and it is especially striking in ..."
2. A Grammar of the New Testament Greek by Alexander Buttmann (1873)
"380), is anacoluthic, or to be explained by the blending of two constructions (§
151, 10 p. 383). Examples from Paul's Epistles, are, Gal. i. ..."
3. The German Language: Outlines of Its Development by Tobias Johann Casjen Diekhoff (1914)
"anacoluthic Nominative Introducing the Sentence. In its origin probably due to
negligence or forgetfulness on the part of the speaker who changes his ..."
4. The Politics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1902)
"But whether we regard the passage as anacoluthic or as a real instance of the
occurrence of & in the apodosis after a protasis introduced by «W, ..."
5. The Fables of Avianus by Flavius Avianus, Robinson Ellis (1887)
"Anomalous or anacoluthic constructions modelled on the language of the people.
... (6) anacoluthic introduction of que or atque into two clauses, ..."
6. Transactions by Cambridge Philological Society (1883)
"... anacoluthic, should not be altered. The genitive or dative, which various
scholars have substituted for it, would make the construction less unambiguous ..."
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