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hysterology
▪ I. † hysteˈrology1 Obs. Gram., etc. [ad. late L. hysterologia, a. Gr. ὑστερολογία, f. ὑστερο-, hystero-2 + λόγος speech. Cf. F. hystérologie.] = hysteron proteron. (See also quot. 1842.)1623 Cockeram, Historologie, an altering of the order of speech, by placing that after that should be before. 16...
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hystero-
▪ I. hystero-1 (ˈhɪstərəʊ) (before a vowel hyster- as in hysteralgia), combining form of Gr. ὑστέρα womb. Used in medical terms of recent formation with the senses: a. Of the womb, uterine, as in hystero-colic, hystero-paralysis, hystero-phthisis. b. Accompanied or associated with hysteria, hysteric...
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hysteron proteron
‖ hysteron proteron, n. (a. and adv.) (ˈhɪstərɒn ˈprɒtərɒn) [late L. (Servius), a. Gr. ὕστερον πρότερον, the latter (put as) the former; called also πρωθύστερον (f. πρῶτος first), and ὑστερολογία (see hysterology1).] 1. Gram. and Rhet. A figure of speech in which the word or phrase that should prope...
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