chiastic

Adjective

chiastic (comparative more chiastic, superlative most chiastic)

1. Pertaining to chiasmus.
   • 1981 [Gerstenberg/Research Press], John W. Welch, Chiasmus In Ancient Greek and Latin Literatures, John W. Welch (editor), Chiasmus in Antiquity, 2020, Wipf and Stock, page 261,
     In the Aeneid, Vergil uses chiasmus in order to make his poetry smoother and more picturesque. Many lines could be quoted...
   • 2009 [Ashgate Publishing], William E. Engel, Chiastic Designs in English Literature from Sidney to Shakespeare, 2016, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 22,
     Looking at David in this way has more to do with mnemotechnics than chiasmus, and yet the process by which earlier themes attach themselves to...
2. (broadly) Pertaining to the position of two things relative to one another.
   • A chiastic⁹⁸ plotting of the passage illustrates beyond doubt that the disciple has to be identified with the Master.1986, Xavier Léon-Dufour, translated by Terrence Prendergast, Life and Death in the New Testament, Harper & Row, page 112
   • Immediately one realizes that Bonjour's and Braunmuller's idea of chiastic plotting in King John bears no resemblance to the standard definition of rhetorical chiasmus: the falling character King John and the rising character Philip Faulconbridge could theoretically be said to cross paths at one...2003, Shakespearean Criticism, Volume 78, Gale Research, page 52