chiasmus: Meaning and Definition of

chi•as•mus

Pronunciation: (kī-az'mus), [key]
— pl. -mi
  1. a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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