hysterosis

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noun

A hysteron proteron; hysterology.

First used 17–18th c.Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounhysterosis (plural hysteroses)

plural hysteroses

  1. obsoleterhetoricA hysteron proteron; hysterology.First known use 17–18th c.

    Theſe ſimilitudes wherevnto God likeneth himſelfe, they are partlie in repect^([sic]) of his Church and children: and partlie in reſpect of the wicked. And that we may by an hyſteroſis beginne firſt with thoſe that concerne the wicked: […]

    1606, Robert Allen, The Doctrine of the Gospel, London: […] Thomas Creede, page 85

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hysteron proteron

Origin

From hystero- + -sis.

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