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amœbæan, a.|æmiːˈbiːən| Also amebean. [f. L. amœbæ-us (a. Gr. ἀµοιβαῖ-ος interchanging, f. ἀµοιβή change) + -an.] Alternately answering, responsive.
1658Phillips, Amœbæan Verses are such as answer one another by course; as in some of Virgil's Eclogues. 1810Coleridge Friend vi. i. (1876) 279 Those contests or Amoibean eclogues, between workmen for the superior worth and dignity of their several callings. 1861Sat. Rev. 25 May 526 That amœbean exchange of witticisms between the Bench and the Bar. 1883Cornh. Mag. Jan. 80 Spring and Winter..sing an amœbean ode. |