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stichomythia
[ stik-uh-mith-ee-uh ]
noun
- dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
stichomythia
/ ˌstɪkəʊˈmɪθɪə; stɪˈkɒmɪθɪ /
noun
- a form of dialogue originating in Greek drama in which single lines are uttered by alternate speakers
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Derived Forms
- ˌstichoˈmythic, adjective
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Other Words From
- sticho·mythic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stichomythia1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stichomythia1
C19: from Greek stikhomuthein to speak alternate lines, from stikhos line + muthos speech; see myth
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Example Sentences
The dreary tirades of Polyphontes and Merope, and their snip-snap stichomythia, read equally ill in English.
From Project Gutenberg
Phillis and Amyntas reappear and carry on a conversation, not unamiably, in a sort of hexametrical stichomythia.
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