Main Entry: an·a·co·lu·thon Pronunciation: "a-n&-k&-'lü-"thän Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural an·a·co·lu·tha /-th&/; also -thons Etymology: Late Latin, from Late Greek anakolouthon inconsistency in logic, from Greek, neuter of anakolouthos inconsistent, from an- + akolouthos following, from ha-, a- together + keleuthos path Date: circa 1706 : syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence; especially : a shift in an unfinished sentence from one syntactic construction to another (as in "you really ought--well, do it your own way") - an·a·co·lu·thic /-thik/ adjective - an·a·co·lu·thi·cal·ly /-thi-k(&-)lE/ adverb