Pronounced: PUHT-uhk, noun
Notes: I could not guess at the meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word anacoluthon is “a syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1700s
Background / Comments
An example would be useful; it’s rather like changing what you meant to say in mid-sentence: “I can’t believe it’s almost — I really need to get to bed!”. Our word came from the Greek word anakolouthos (inconsistent), which is made up of an- (not) and akolouthos (following). The plural of our word is “anacolutha”.
