chiasmus
pronunciation
How to pronounce chiasmus in British English:
UK [kaɪˈæzməs]
How to pronounce chiasmus in American English:
US [kɪˈæzməs]
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- Noun:
- inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
Word Origin
- chiasmus (n.)
- in grammar, inversion of word order, 1871, Latinized from Greek khiasmos "a placing crosswise, diagonal arrangement" (see chi). Adam, first of men, To first of women, Eve. ["Paradise Lost"]