Meanings
nounanacoluthia (plural anacoluthias)
plural anacoluthias
- grammarA syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἀνακολουθία
- Englishanacoluthia
From Ancient Greek ἀνακολουθία (anakolouthía).
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Italian anacoluto
- anacolutosyntactic construction
Portuguese anacoluto
- anacolutosyntactic construction
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anacoluthia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anacoluthia
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