Anacoluthia
lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, especially in a sentence.
noun
(rhetoric) lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence
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a river in the district of columbia flowing into the potomac river. about 24 miles (39 km) long. historical examples to the southeast, on the anacostia river, was the navy yard, active enough now. a little girl in old washington amanda m. douglas the anacostia river, at its mouth, is almost the same width and […]
- Anacoustic
of or relating to the upper portion of the earth’s atmosphere and to interplanetary sp-ce, where sound cannot be transmitted because molecules are too far apart to serve as a transmitting medium. adjective unable to support the propagation of sound; soundless
- Anacreon
c570–c480 b.c, greek writer, especially of love poems and drinking songs. historical examples a glance at the anacreon will show the truth of this observation. thomas moore stephen gwynn there were ears for these sounds in greece long ago, as anacreon’s ode will show. excursions and poems henry david th-r-au his imitations of anacreon, and […]
- Anacreontic
(sometimes lowercase) of or in the manner of anacreon. (sometimes lowercase) convivial and amatory. (lowercase) an anacreontic poem. historical examples there is too much of merely anacreontic prettiness about the description of the bridal bed and the lamenting loves. studies of the greek poets (vol ii of 2) john addington symonds he said this to […]
- Anacrogynous
having the female s-x organs arising from any cell below the apex of the stem, thereby not terminating its growth, as certain liverworts.