Associations to the word «Hyperbaton»

Wiktionary

HYPERBATON, noun. (grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.

Dictionary definition

HYPERBATON, noun. Reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love').

Wise words

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle