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Word: Antistrophe
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric denoting the repetition of words in reverse order): via late Latin from Greek antistrophē, from antistrephein ‘turn against’, from anti ‘against’ + strephein ‘to turn’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
anˈtɪstrəfi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it.
Short Definition:second section of ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it
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