an;a;co;lu;thon pronunciation: function: noun inflected form(s): plural an;a;co;lu;tha also an;a;co;lu;thonsetymology: late latin, from late greek anakolouthon inconsistency in logic, from greek, neuter of anakolouthos inconsistent, from an- + akolouthos following, from ha-, a- together + keleuthos pathdate: 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 adjective — an;a;co;lu;thi;cal;ly adverb