Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anastrophe

/əˈnæstɹəfi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: anas-tro-phe
IPA: /əˈnæstɹəfi/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Anastrophe often, by a pleasing change, Gracefuly puts last the words that first should range."
"[…] thus the foreign-born baby was denounced and welcomed, the circumstances lamented and the mother congratulated, in a breath, all under cover of the happiest misunderstanding, as effective as the cabalism of Prospero's wand among the Neapolitan mariners, by the skilful Irish development on a grand scale of the rhetorical figure anastrophe, or a turning about and about."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἀναστροφή

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈnæstɹəfi/
British English: /əˈnæstɹəfi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

anastrophes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

anastrophic anastrophism antimetabole chiasmus SVO SOV OSV VSO

Synonyms

hyperbaton inversion

Rhymes With

catastrophe

Questions

How do you pronounce anastrophe?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈnæstɹəfi/.
What does anastrophe mean?: Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
Where does anastrophe come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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