Enjambment Definition

enjammənt
enjambments
noun
enjambments

The use of a run-on line of verse.

Webster's New World
The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • enjambement

Other Word Forms of Enjambment

Noun

Singular:
enjambment
Plural:
enjambments

Origin of Enjambment

  • French enjambement from Old French enjamber to straddle en- causative pref. en–1 jambe leg jamb

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

  • From French enjambement.

    From Wiktionary

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