məs noun, plural chi·as·mi 
[kahy-az-mahy] . Rhetoric.
[kahy-az-mahy] . Rhetoric. a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”
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| —n , pl -mi | |
| rhetoric reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases: he came in triumph and in defeat departs | |
| [C19: from New Latin, from Greek khiasmos crisscross arrangement; see | |
| chiastic | |
| —adj | |
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Chiasmus
is always a great word to know.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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chiasmus
1871, Mod.L., from Gk. khiasmos "crossing, diagonal arrangement," from khiazein "to mark with an 'X'," from chi.
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