单词 | hysteron proteron |
释义 | hysteron proteron /his"teuh ron' prot"euh ron'/. Rhet. a figure of speech in which the logical order of two elements in discourse is reversed, as in "bred and born" for "born and bred." [1555-65; < LL < Gk hýsteron (neut. of hýsteros) latter + próteron (neut. of próteros) former] |
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