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Showing words for CHIASMUS using the English dictionary
8 Letter Words for Chiasmus
chiasmus
7 Letter Words for Chiasmus
chiasms, hassium, schisma
6 Letter Words for Chiasmus
amicus, chasms, chiasm, chiaus, cumsha, musica, musics, samshu, sauchs, schism, shamus, shumac, sisham, sumacs, umiacs
5 Letter Words for Chiasmus
amish, amiss, ascus, camis, camus, casus, caums, chais, chams, chasm, chass, chaum, chaus, chias, chums, cuish, hamus, huias, humas, humic, icasm, machi, machs, mashi, masus, micah, micas, missa, musca, musci, musha, music, saics, saims, sauch, scams, scaum, scums, shams, shims, simas, siums, smash, smich, smush, sumac, sushi, umiac, ushas
4 Letter Words for Chiasmus
acus, ahum, aims, amic, amis, amus, asci, assi, cami, cams, cash, cass, caum, caus, chai, cham, chas, chia, chis, chum, cima, cums, cush, cuss, hami, hams, haum, hics, hims, hiss, huia, huic, huis, huma, hums, huss, ichs, ichu, isms, mach, macs, mahu, masc, mash, mass, masu, maui, mias, mica, mics, misc, miss, much, musa, mush, muss, sacs, saic, saim, sais, samh, sami, sash, saum, scam, scsi, scum, sham, shia, shim, shua, siam, sich, sics, sima, sims, sish, sium, such, suci, sumi, sums, susi
3 Letter Words for Chiasmus
ach, ahi, ahs, ahu, aim, ais, ami, amu, ash, ass, auh, aum, cai, cam, cha, chi, chm, chs, cia, cis, csi, cum, ham, has, hau, hia, hic, him, his, hui, hum, ich, ihs, imu, ish, ism, mac, mas, mau, mia, mic, mis, msh, mss, mus, sac, sah, sai, sam, sau, sch, sci, sha, shi, sic, sim, sis, sma, ssh, ssu, sui, sum, sus, uca, uhs, uma, ums, usa, ush
Definitions for Chiasmus
[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.”
[2] rhetoric reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases he came in triumph and in defeat departs
Words nearby Chiasmus
chiapas, chiari's syndrome, chiaroscuro, chiasma, chiasmatypy, chiasmus, chiastic, chiastolite, chiaus, chiayi, chib
Origin of Chiasmus
1870–75; < Greek chiasmós, equivalent to chi chi1 + -asmos masculine noun suffix, akin to -asma; see chiasma
Word origin for Chiasmus
C19: from New Latin, from Greek khiasmos crisscross arrangement; see chiasma