CHIASMUS


Meaning of CHIASMUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kī-ˈaz-məs, kē- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek chiasmos, from chiazein to mark with a chi

Date: 1871

: an inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases (as in Goldsmith's to stop too fearful, and too faint to go )

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.