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‖ allœˈostropha, a. or n. pl. [Gr. ἀλλοιόστροϕα adj. pl. neut. ‘consisting of irregular strophes’; f. ἀλλοῖος different in kind + στροϕή strophe. A modern writer would have adapted the word as allœostrophous.] (See quot.)
1671Milton Samson Pref., The measure of verse used in the chorus is of all sorts..being divided into stanzas or pauses, they may be called Allœostropha. |