Word
Hysteron proteron
How many syllables?
5 Syllables
How it's divided?
hys-ter-on prot-er-on
Definition
- - A figure in which the natural order of sense is
reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives."
- - An inversion of logical order, in which the
conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the
evidence.
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