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 )
CHIASMUS
Meaning of CHIASMUS in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012