ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Synchysis

Definition & Meaning

Pronunciation /ˈsɪn.kə.sɪs/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Synchysis is a noun meaning (poetry) A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil and his contemporaries.

Meaning

(poetry) A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil and his contemporaries.

More Meanings

  1. (rhetoric) Confused arrangement of words in a sentence.
  2. A confused mixture.
  3. (ophthalmology) Fluidity of the vitreous humour of the eye.

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Related dictionary entries include synchesis, synchisis, synizesis, synaphea, syndesis, synthesis.

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