Advertisement

anastrophe (n.)

"inversion of usual word order," 1570s, from Greek anastrophe "a turning back, a turning upside down," from anastrephein "to turn up, turn back, turn upside-down," from ana "back" (see ana-) + strephein "to turn" (from PIE root *streb(h)- "to wind, turn").

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of anastrophe from WordNet

anastrophe (n.)
the reversal of the normal order of words;
Synonyms: inversion
From wordnet.princeton.edu