hysteron proteronn.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌhɪstərɒn ˈprəʊtərɒn/, U.S.

/ˌhɪstəˌrɑn ˈprɑdəˌrɑn/

Forms: 1500s–1600s histeron proteron, 1500s– hysteron proteron, 1600s husteron proteron, 1600s hysteron protheron.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin hysteron proteron, Greek ὕστερον πρότερον.

Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin hysteron proteron (3rd cent.), and its etymon (ii) Byzantine Greek ὕστερον πρότερον, the latter (put as) the former < ancient Greek ὕστερον , neuter of ὕστερος later, latter (see hystero- comb. form¹) + πρότερον , neuter of πρότερος earlier, former (see protero- comb. form). Compare hysterology n.¹, prothysteron n.Compare French hysteron proteron (c1606).

A. n.

1. Grammar and Rhetoric. The inversion of the logical or conventional order of elements in speech or writing, esp. for rhetorical effect, e.g. I die! I faint! I fail!; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > inversion > unusual or abnormal

hysterology1555

hysteron proteron1555

hysterosis1600

prothysteron1886

1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. xix Hysteron proteron differs from the figure before, because there is but trans posicion of the wordes.

1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xii. 476 In these woordes, Take ye: Eate ye: This is my Bodie, They haue founde a Figure called Hysteron Proteron.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xii^*. 141 Another manner of disordered speach..we call it in English prouerbe, the cart before the horse, the Greeks call it Histeron proteron, we name it the Preposterous..as he..said: My dame that bred me vp and bare me in her wombe. Whereas the bearing is before the bringing vp.

1644 H. Burton Vindic. Churches 64 Other Evangelists relate some other passages by a hysteron proteron, as is not unusuall in Scripture story.

2011 Rhetorica 29 373 It has a clear application to the verbal figures, like polysyndeton, ellipsis, and hysteron proteron, which may be accounted for by the addition, subtraction, or rearrangement of words in a speech.

2. Inversion of the natural or logical order; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > reversal of natural or proper order

somersault1530

inversion1546

hysteron proteron1584

preposterousness1607

renversement1610

reversala1626

inverse1630

reversement1720

topsy-turvying1807

topsy-turvification1840

upending1968

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health To Rdr. ¶¶4 Contrariwise vsing Hysteron Proteron..as I haue heard say of a gentleman who..would not begin his meale with potage, but insteed of cheese would eat potage last.

1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) i. lxxxv. 6 How wild A Hysteron Proteron's this, which Nature crosses, And far above the top the bottom tosses!

2010 Novel 43 405 It confuses resignation and illness, positing the former as the cause of the latter and cruelly blaming the victim for her medical condition..a morally disastrous hysteron proteron.

B. adv.

By or with an inversion of the natural order of things; topsy-turvy; vice versa. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb] > in reversed order

reversea1393

topsy-turvy1528

preposterously1533

hysteron proteron1602

inverselya1628

inversedly1645

reversedly1649

reversely1659

reverse ways1762

ass-backward1939

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 47 The Catholicke religion will be vtterly extinguished and perish, and so by consequent all runne Hysteron Protheron.

1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell i. sig. C3 Wisemen begets fooles, and fooles are the fathers To many wise Children. Histeron, Proteron, A great scholler may beget an Ideot, And from the plow tayle may come a great scholler.

2011 Mnemosyne 64 296 I begin my discussion hysteron proteron with the less controversial second part of F.'s Introduction.

C. adj.

Involving the inversion of the natural or logical order.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adjective] > reversing natural order

hysteron proteron1646

invertible1892

1646 Unhappy Game Scotch & Eng. 14 To adde to the number of those jugling Husteron-Proteron trickes, by the position of their order, they make the will of the King predominant to the consent of the two Kingdomes.

1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger v. 41 Shall Christians be like that Histeron-Proteron-Herb, which Physicians (as foolishly) call Filius ante Patrem?

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. 88 This hysteron proteron Stuff, Causes without Effects, and Effects before Causes.

2001 S. A. Nimis in J. Watson Speaking Volumes ix. 185 A series of thematic or narrative elements presented in hysteron proteron order focuses attention around a central point of paradigmatic significance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hysteron proteron
释义	hysteron proteronn.adv.adj. Brit. /ˌhɪstərɒn ˈprəʊtərɒn/, U.S. /ˌhɪstəˌrɑn ˈprɑdəˌrɑn/ Forms: 1500s–1600s histeron proteron, 1500s– hysteron proteron, 1600s husteron proteron, 1600s hysteron protheron. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin hysteron proteron, Greek ὕστερον πρότερον. Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin hysteron proteron (3rd cent.), and its etymon (ii) Byzantine Greek ὕστερον πρότερον, the latter (put as) the former < ancient Greek ὕστερον , neuter of ὕστερος later, latter (see hystero- comb. form¹) + πρότερον , neuter of πρότερος earlier, former (see protero- comb. form). Compare hysterology n.¹, prothysteron n.Compare French hysteron proteron (c1606). A. n. 1. Grammar and Rhetoric. The inversion of the logical or conventional order of elements in speech or writing, esp. for rhetorical effect, e.g. I die! I faint! I fail!; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > inversion > unusual or abnormal hysterology1555 hysteron proteron1555 hysterosis1600 prothysteron1886 1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. xix Hysteron proteron differs from the figure before, because there is but trans posicion of the wordes. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xii. 476 In these woordes, Take ye: Eate ye: This is my Bodie, They haue founde a Figure called Hysteron Proteron. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xii^. 141 Another manner of disordered speach..we call it in English prouerbe, the cart before the horse, the Greeks call it Histeron proteron, we name it the Preposterous..as he..said: My dame that bred me vp and bare me in her wombe. Whereas the bearing is before the bringing vp. 1644 H. Burton Vindic. Churches* 64 Other Evangelists relate some other passages by a hysteron proteron, as is not unusuall in Scripture story. 2011 Rhetorica 29 373 It has a clear application to the verbal figures, like polysyndeton, ellipsis, and hysteron proteron, which may be accounted for by the addition, subtraction, or rearrangement of words in a speech. 2. Inversion of the natural or logical order; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > reversal of natural or proper order somersault1530 inversion1546 hysteron proteron1584 preposterousness1607 renversement1610 reversala1626 inverse1630 reversement1720 topsy-turvying1807 topsy-turvification1840 upending1968 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health To Rdr. ¶¶4 Contrariwise vsing Hysteron Proteron..as I haue heard say of a gentleman who..would not begin his meale with potage, but insteed of cheese would eat potage last. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) i. lxxxv. 6 How wild A Hysteron Proteron's this, which Nature crosses, And far above the top the bottom tosses! 2010 Novel 43 405 It confuses resignation and illness, positing the former as the cause of the latter and cruelly blaming the victim for her medical condition..a morally disastrous hysteron proteron. B. adv. By or with an inversion of the natural order of things; topsy-turvy; vice versa. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb] > in reversed order reversea1393 topsy-turvy1528 preposterously1533 hysteron proteron1602 inverselya1628 inversedly1645 reversedly1649 reversely1659 reverse ways1762 ass-backward1939 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 47 The Catholicke religion will be vtterly extinguished and perish, and so by consequent all runne Hysteron Protheron. 1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell i. sig. C3 Wisemen begets fooles, and fooles are the fathers To many wise Children. Histeron, Proteron, A great scholler may beget an Ideot, And from the plow tayle may come a great scholler. 2011 Mnemosyne 64 296 I begin my discussion hysteron proteron with the less controversial second part of F.'s Introduction. C. adj. Involving the inversion of the natural or logical order. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adjective] > reversing natural order hysteron proteron1646 invertible1892 1646 Unhappy Game Scotch & Eng. 14 To adde to the number of those jugling Husteron-Proteron trickes, by the position of their order, they make the will of the King predominant to the consent of the two Kingdomes. 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger v. 41 Shall Christians be like that Histeron-Proteron-Herb, which Physicians (as foolishly) call Filius ante Patrem? a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. 88 This hysteron proteron Stuff, Causes without Effects, and Effects before Causes. 2001 S. A. Nimis in J. Watson Speaking Volumes ix. 185 A series of thematic or narrative elements presented in hysteron proteron order focuses attention around a central point of paradigmatic significance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.adj.1555
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