Hys′ter‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. �; � the latter + � discourse: cf. F. hystérologie.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; — called also hysteron proteron.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.