hyperbaton
noun
hy·per·ba·ton
hīˈpərbəˌtän
plural hyperbatons
-nz
or hyperbata -bətə
: a transposition or inversion of idiomatic word order (as “echoed the hills” for “the hills echoed”)
Word History
Etymology
Latin, from Greek, from neuter of hyperbatos transposed, inverted, from hyperbainein to step over, scale, from hyper- + bainein to step, walk