synchysis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil and his contemporaries.
  2. Confused arrangement of words in a sentence.
  3. A confused mixture.
  4. Fluidity of the vitreous humour of the eye.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪn.kə.sɪs/

Word forms

synchysis synchyses synchesis synchisis

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin synchysis, from Ancient Greek σύγχυσις (súnkhusis, “a mixing”).

Related words

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