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Hysterology

Hysˊter-ol′o-gy

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] the latter + [GREEK] discourse: cf. F.

hystérologie

.]

(Rhet.)

A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; – called also

hysteron proteron

.