hyperbaton Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')

WordNet

Hy*per"ba*ton noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. , fr. transposed, fr. to step over; over + to step.
Definitions
  1. (Gram.) A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed."
    With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text. Milton.

Webster 1913