hysteron proteron

1. 1.

   reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')

   Broaderrhetorical device
2. 2.

   the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved

   Broaderlogical fallacy

Questions about hysteron proteron

What does hysteron proteron mean?

hysteron proteron means "reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is hysteron proteron a common word?

hysteron proteron 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.