Meaning Of The Word Chiasmus

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Chiasmus? Find Chiasmus meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Chiasmus Meaning

Chiasmus Definition
Chiasmus Definition

What's The Definition Of Chiasmus?

chiasmus in American English
inversion of the second of two parallel phrases, clauses, etc. (Ex.: she went to Paris; to New York went he)
noun: a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she”

chiasmus in British English
noun: reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Bearded lady ‐ noun: a woman with a beard, esp in a circus or…
  • Paedotribe ‐ noun: (in ancient Greece) a…
  • Dole cupboard ‐ noun: a livery cupboard formerly used in churches…
  • Telephoto ‐ a telephotograph (sense 2) or a system of telephotography…
  • Subecho ‐ noun: an echo resonating more quietly than another…
  • Reviewable ‐ adjective: Reviewable premiums or payments are…
  • God's plenty ‐ noun: an abundant or…
  • Interstade ‐ noun: a period of temporary retreat of ice during…
  • Fretting ‐ present…
  • Thermopylae ‐ in ancient Greece, a mountain pass in Locris…