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Noun: hyperbaton  hI'pur-bu,tón
  1. Reversal of normal word order (as in ‘cheese I love’)
    "In poetry, hyperbaton is often used for emphasis or to maintain meter"

Derived forms: hyperbatons

Type of: rhetorical device

Encyclopedia: Hyperbaton