anacoluthon

American  

[an-uh-kuh-loo-thon] / ˌæn ə kəˈlu θɒn /

noun

Rhetoric.

plural

anacolutha

1. a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as

   It makes me so—I just get angry.

2. an instance of anacoluthia.

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anacoluthon British  

/ ˌænəkəˈluːθɒn /

noun

1. rhetoric a construction that involves the change from one grammatical sequence to another within a single sentence; an example of anacoluthia

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Etymology

Origin of anacoluthon

1700–10; < Greek anakólouthon, neuter of anakólouthos not following, equivalent to an- an- ¹ + akólouthos marching together ( a- together + kolouth-, gradational variant of keleuth- road, march + -os adj. suffix