anacoluthia

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  1. Want of grammatical sequence or coherence; the passing from one construction to another in the same sentence. For examples, see anacoluthon. Also spelled anakoluthia and anakolouthia. Anakoluthia requires length or strength, length of sentence or strength of passion. Jour. of Philol., VII. 175.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἀνακολουθία, inconsequence, from ἀνακόλουθος, inconsequent: see anacoluthon.
 

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