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Etymology
Pronunciation
hipérbaton
hyperbaton
hyper-
over, above, beyond
+
baton
stick used by a conductor
Hipérbaton is a hyperbaton, a rhetorical device that can be remembered as hyper-0 (over, above0) + baton1, like a conductor's baton that moves words around in a sentence.
noun
  1. hyperbaton
    A rhetorical device in which the normal order of words is changed for emphasis or effect.
    El poeta usó el hipérbaton para dar énfasis a su verso. // The poet used hyperbaton to emphasize his verse.