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hysterology — noun hysteron proteron … Wiktionary
hysterology — hys·ter·ol·o·gy … English syllables
hysterology — ˌhistəˈräləjē noun ( es) Etymology: Late Latin hysterologia, from Late Greek, from Greek hysteros latter, later + logia logy archaic : hysteron proteron … Useful english dictionary
hysteron proteron — Hysterology Hys ter*ol o*gy, n. [Gr. ?; ? the latter + ? discourse: cf. F. hyst[ e]rologie.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; called also {hysteron proteron}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hysteron proteron — Hys te*ron prot e*ron [NL., fr. Gr. ? the latter, following + ? before, others, sooner.] (Rhet.) (a) A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, he is well and lives. (b) An inversion of logical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hysteron proteron — noun a) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology. b) An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things … Wiktionary
