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Hysteron Proteron

Definition: Hysteron Proteron

Hysteron Proteron

Noun

1. Reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born').

2. The logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Hysteron Proteron

DomainDefinition

Literature

Hysteron Proteron (Greek). The cart before the horse. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: Hysteron Proteron

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Inversion

Transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis; metathesis; palindrome.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Hysteron Proteron

English words defined with "hysteron proteron": Hysterology. (references)

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Anagrams: Hysteron Proteron

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-h-n-n-o-o-o-p-r-r-r-s-t-t-y"

-5 letters: heterospory, northerners, stereophony.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hysteron Proteron


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 79 73 74 65 72 6F 6E      50 72 6F 74 65 72 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01111001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101111 01101110 00100000 01010000 01110010 01101111 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#121 &#115 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#80 &#114 &#111 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0079 0073 0074 0065 0072 006F 006E      0050 0072 006F 0074 0065 0072 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

429185867184818025084818671848180

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INDEX

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2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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