Term: hysteron proteron: reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: acanthaceae: widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: tunic: an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: ancient: a person who lived in ancient times
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: desensitization: the process of reducing sensitivity
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: fruition: enjoyment derived from use or possession
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: checkmate: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: bleach: the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: hryvnia: the basic unit of money in Ukraine
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: parathyroid gland: any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: trek: any long and difficult trip