2. Noun. (alternative spelling of anacolouthons) ¹
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Definition of Anacoluthons
1. anacoluthon [n] - See also: anacoluthon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anacoluthons
Literary usage of Anacoluthons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care by Gregory, Alfred, Henry Sweet (1871)
"Another result of the difficulty in reproducing the sense of the original is the
use of anacoluthons, which are very frequent in the Pastoral ..."
2. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, Sir W Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1904)
"The speeches of Prospero, with their anacoluthons, their daring distortions,
their strength of meaning combined with laxity of syntax, are marvellously ..."
3. Chronicles and Memorials of the Reign of Richard I. by Ricardus, Osbernus, Neophytos (1864)
"It is free, for the most part, from false antitheses and foolish plays upon words.
There ave a few anacoluthons, but not many ..."
4. The Writings of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell (1890)
"... and become important only when they make a gap too wide for our illusion to
cross unconsciously, that is, when they are anacoluthons to the imagination. ..."
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