hyperbaton.

An arrangement departing from customary word order, often separating words normally placed together.

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Words that belong together

• poetic hyperbaton
• deliberate hyperbaton

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The poet’s hyperbaton delayed the noun until the image had gathered force.

She preserved the hyperbaton because the ordinary order flattened the sentence.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Singular hyperbaton; plural hyperbata or hyperbatons. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.