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stichomythia

/stɪkəˈmɪθɪə/

stichomythia noun: a technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating characters, voices, or entities.

Noun

stichomythia (countable and uncountable, plural stichomythias)

  1. A technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating characters, voices, or entities.
    • The trial in the great hall under its high vaults, dusty sunlight shafting in, full of murmurers and growlers quietened by beadles and bailiffs, with howlers in the street held back with pikes, was by way of being a play without plot or exercise in what the Senecans term stichomythia.1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man In Deptford
    • The stichomythias are just as necessary in Sophocles' tragedies as are his choruses.2006, Olga Freidenberg, Image and Concept, page 297

stichomythia meaning in Tamil

stichomythia in Tamil

உறழ் கலியடி வகை

Forms of stichomythia

pluralstichomythias

Origin of stichomythia

From Latin, from Ancient Greek στιχομυθία (stikhomuthía), from στίχος (stíkhos, “line of verse”) (see sticho-) + μῦθος (mûthos, “speech”).

Questions about stichomythia

What does stichomythia mean?
Stichomythia means a technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating characters, voices, or entities.
What is stichomythia in Tamil?
Stichomythia in Tamil is உறழ் கலியடி வகை. See Stichomythia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stichomythia?
Stichomythia is a noun.
How do you pronounce stichomythia?
Stichomythia is pronounced /stɪkəˈmɪθɪə/.
What is the plural of stichomythia?
The plural of stichomythia is stichomythias.

Words near stichomythia in the dictionary

  1. stichometric
  2. stichometrical
  3. stichometrically
  4. stichometries
  5. stichometry
  6. stichomythia
  7. stichomythias
  8. stichomythic
  9. stichomythically
  10. stichomythies
  11. stichomythy

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