ANTISTROPHE


Meaning of ANTISTROPHE in English

anˈtistrə(ˌ)fē, -_fi noun

( -s )

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek antistrophē, from Greek anti- anti- (I) + strophē turning, movement of the chorus in Greek drama — more at strophe

1. in the Greek choral dance

a. : the returning of the chorus exactly answering to a previous strophe

b. : the part of a choral song corresponding to this returning

2. archaic : an inverse relation or correspondence

• an·ti·stroph·ic |antə̇|sträfik also -ōf- adjective

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

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