ANACLINTERIA, in Antiquity, a kind of pillows on the dining couch, wherein the guests used to lean. The ancient tricliniary beds had four pillows, one at the head, another at the feet, a third at the back, and a fourth at the breast.
ANACGENOSIS (ἀνακένωσις), in Rhetoric, a figure by which a speaker applies to his opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
ANACOLUTHON (ἀνακόλουθον), in Rhetoric and Grammar, a want of coherency or of sequence in a sentence.