Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Anacoluthon

Anacoluthon ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Greek {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, not following, wanting sequence; 'an priv. + {not transcribed} following.]

(Grammar) A lack of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.