ANTISTROPHE


Meaning of ANTISTROPHE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ an-ˈtis-trə-(ˌ)fē ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek antistrophē, from anti- + strophē strophe

Date: circa 1550

1.

a. : the repetition of words in reversed order

b. : the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses

2.

a. : a returning movement in Greek choral dance exactly answering to a previous strophe

b. : the part of a choral song delivered during the antistrophe

• an·ti·stroph·ic ˌan-tə-ˈsträ-fik adjective

• an·ti·stroph·i·cal·ly -fi-k(ə-)lē adverb

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