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enjambed

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en⋅jamb⋅ment

  [en-jam-muhnt, -jamb-]
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–noun, plural -ments  [-muhnts] . Prosody.
the running on of the thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break.
Origin:
1830–40; < F enjambement, equiv. to enjamb(er) to stride over, project, encroach (en- en- 1 + -jamber, deriv. of jambe leg; see jamb 1 ) + -ment -ment

Related forms:
en⋅jambed, adjective
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enjambment 
1837, from enjamb (1600), from Fr. enjamber "to stride over," from jambe "leg."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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