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hysteron proterons

hysteron proterons is the plural of hysteron proteron.

Meaning of hysteron proteron

Noun

hysteron proteron (plural hysteron proterons)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology.
    • "He is well and lives" is a hysteron proteron.
    Synonyms:
    hysterosis
  2. An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things.

Questions about hysteron proterons

What is hysteron proterons the plural of?
Hysteron proterons is the plural of hysteron proteron.

Words near hysteron proterons in the dictionary

  1. hysteromyomata
  2. hysteromyomectomies
  3. hysteromyomectomy
  4. hysteron
  5. hysteron proteron
  6. hysteron proterons
  7. hysteronotal
  8. hysterons
  9. hysteropathy
  10. hysteropexies
  11. hysteropexy

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