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chiasmus

chias·mus

UK/kaɪˈæzməs/ uncommon

noun

1.

inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

Origin

From Latin chiasmus, from Ancient Greek χῑασμός (khīasmós), from χῑάζω (khīázō, “to mark with an X”), from χ (kh, “chi”).

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