Main Entry: an·a·co·lu·thon

Pronunciation: \ˌa-nə-kə-ˈlü-ˌthän\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural an·a·co·lu·tha \-thə\ also an·a·co·lu·thons

Etymology: Late Latin, from Late Greek anakolouthon inconsistency in logic, from Greek, neuter of anakolouthos inconsistent, from an- + akolouthos following, from ha-, a- together + keleuthos path

Date: circa 1706

: syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence; especially : a shift in an unfinished sentence from one syntactic construction to another (as in “you really ought—well, do it your own way”)

— an·a·co·lu·thic \-thik\ adjective

— an·a·co·lu·thi·cal·ly \-thi-k(ə-)lē\ adverb