• (n.) A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.
Hys`ter·ol'o·gy noun [ Greek ...; ... the latter + ... discourse: confer French hystérologie .] (Rhet.) A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron . 
hysterology A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last is put first.