chiasmusn.
/kʌɪˈazməs/, U.S. /kaɪˈæzməs/ Grammar.
A grammatical figure by which the order of words in one of two parallel clauses is inverted in the other.
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decussation1841
chiasm1868
chiasmus1871
1871 A. S. Wilkins tr. K. Halm in Cicero Orations against Catilina 138 Frequentia sustentatur, alitur otio. This is a good instance of the..figure called chiasmus..in which the order of words in the first clause is inverted in the second.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1871- striker hand
- striker-boat
- striker-machine
- striker-out
- striker-plate
- strikerboat
- strikereconnaissance
- strikeridden
- strikermachine
- strikerout
- strikerplate
- strikers
- strikes
- strikes back
- strikes down
- strikes off
- strikes out
- strikes up
- strikeslip
- strikeslip fault
- striketorn
- striking
- striking back
- striking barrel
- striking distance