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(stik′ə mit̸h′ē ə)

noun

dialogue in brief, alternate lines, as in ancient Greek drama

also stichomythy

Origin: Gr < stichos, a line (see stile) + mythos, speech, myth

Related Forms:

stichomythic adjective

See stichomythia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An ancient Greek arrangement of dialogue in drama, poetry, and disputation in which single lines of verse or parts of lines are spoken by alternate speakers.

Origin:

Origin: Greek stikhomūthiā

Origin: , from stikhomūthein, to speak in alternating lines

Origin: : stikhos, stich; see steigh- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + mūthos, speech

Related Forms:

stichˌo·mythˈic adjective

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