anacoluthic

1. 1.

   of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons

   rhetoric

Questions about anacoluthic

What does anacoluthic mean?

anacoluthic means "of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons".

How many syllables are in anacoluthic?

anacoluthic has 5 syllables: a-na-co-lu-thic. The stress falls on "lu".

Is anacoluthic a common word?

anacoluthic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.