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hyperbaton

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10 lettersPronunciation /haɪˈpɜːbətɒn/Part of speech nounSorted abehnoprtyStarts with HEnds with N0 clues
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  1. reversal of normal word order (as in ‘cheese I love’)

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin hyperbaton, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπερβατόν (huperbatón, “overstepping”), from ὑπερβαίνω (huperbaínō), from ὑπέρ (hupér) + βαίνω (baínō, “walk”).

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