Chiastic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Chiastic is an adjective meaning Pertaining to chiasmus.
Meaning
Pertaining to chiasmus.
More Meanings
- (by extension) Pertaining to the position of two things relative to one another.
Example Sentences
A chiastic⁹⁸ plotting of the passage illustrates beyond doubt that the disciple has to be identified with the Master.
Immediately one realizes that Bonjour's and Braunmuller's idea of chiastic plotting in King John bears no resemblance to the standard definition of rhetorical chiasmus: the falling character King John and the rising character Philip Faulconbridge could theoretically be said to cross paths at one point[…].
1981 [Gerstenberg/Research Press], John W. Welch, Chiasmus In Ancient Greek and Latin Literatures, John W. Welch (editor), Chiasmus in Antiquity, 2020, Wipf and Stock, page 261, In the Aeneid, Vergil uses chiasmus in order to make his poetry smoother and more picturesque. Many lines could be quoted in which a chiastic order of words was necessary to maintain the dactylic hexameter.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chiasmic, chiasmal, chiasmatic, optochiasmatic, chasmatical, schismic.
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