chiasm
Meanings
noun
- Alternative form of chiasma.
- Alternative form of chiasmus.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Latin; in sense 1, from chiasma, from Ancient Greek χίασμα (khiasma); in sense 2, from chiasmus, from Ancient Greek χιασμός (khiasmos "crossing, diagonal arrangement"), from χιάζειν (khiázein, “to mark with a chi”), from χ (kh, “chi”)
Derived words
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