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  • noun Plural form of anacoluthon.
  • noun Alternative spelling of anacolouthons.

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  • Anachronisms and the like are in themselves of no account, and become important only when they make a gap too wide for our illusion to cross unconsciously, that is, when they are anacoluthons to the imagination.

    Among My Books First Series James Russell Lowell 1855

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