Chiasmus Definition

kī-ăzməs
chiasmi
noun
Inversion of the second of two parallel phrases, clauses, etc. (Ex.: she went to Paris; to New York went he)
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Chiasmus

Noun

Singular:
chiasmus
Plural:
chiasmi

Origin of Chiasmus

  • New Latin chīasmus from Greek khīasmos syntactic inversion from khīazein to invert or mark with an X chiasma

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin chiasmus, from Ancient Greek χιασμός (khiasmos), from χιάζω (khiazō, “to mark with a chi”), from χ (chi, “chi”)

    From Wiktionary

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