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Definition of Chiasmus
1. Noun. Inversion in the second of two parallel phrases.
Definition of Chiasmus
1. n. An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence
Definition of Chiasmus
1. Noun. (rhetoric) An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chiasmus
1. a reversal of word order between parallel phrases [n -MI] : CHIASTIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiasmus
Literary usage of Chiasmus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in Honor of Basil L. Gildersleeve by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1902)
"chiasmus occurs in the Epistles of Cicero, Seneca, Pliny and Pronto in about
eight hundred and fifty passages. A more careful search might add further ..."
2. A Second Latin Exercise Book with Hints for Higher Latin Prose Composition by John Barrow Allen (1904)
"... a chiasmus will be created if the order of words in the other Clause be D, C.
Cicero is very fond of using this figure, eg 1 A very remarkable instance ..."
3. A Writer of Attic Prose: Models from Xenophon, Exercises and Guide, a by Isaac Flagg (1902)
"Period, Antithesis, chiasmus. — The processes of human thought 30 are marvelously
fine, subtle, and intricate. The psychologist may explain them, ..."
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