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- noun Plural form of
anacolouthon . - noun rhetoric A non-reciprocal synonym; a word of meaning similar to a word but that cannot substitute for that word in all uses.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἀνακόλουθος (anacolouthos, "inconsequent")
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