Anastrophe
inversion of the usual order of words.
noun
(rhetoric) another term for inversion (sense 3)
n.
“inversion of usual word order,” 1570s, from Greek anastrophe “a turning back, a turning upside down,” from anastrephein “to turn up or back, to turn upside down,” from ana “back” (see ana-) + strephein “to turn” (see strophe).
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