[kʌɪˈazməs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order


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Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘crosswise arrangement’): modern Latin, from Greek khiasmos, from khiazein ‘mark with the letter chi’, from khi ‘chi’