grammatical inconsistency in the way in which words are put together to form phrases, sentences, etc, esp the shift from one construction to another within a sentence, e.g. in You really ought — well, do it your own way
a grammatical construction or sentence, etc of this kind
anacoluthic /-thik/ adj
anacoluthically adv
[via late Latin from late Greek anakolouthon inconsistency in logic, neuter of Greek anakolouthos inconsistent, from an- + akolouthos following, from ha-, a- together + keleuthos path]