amoebean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Describing a form of prosody (amoebaeum) featuring alternating responses.

Word forms

amoebean amebean amœbæan amoebaean

Etymology

From Latin amoebaeus, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβαῖος (amoibaîos, “reciprocal”), from ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change; alternation”).

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