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en·jamb·ment

[en-jam-muh

nt, -jamb-] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural -ments

[-muh

nts] Pronunciation Key. 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 jamb¹) + -ment -ment

]

—Related forms

en·jambed, adjective

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en·jamb·ment or en·jambe·ment (ěn-jām'mənt, -jāmb') Pronunciation Key
n. The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause.

[French enjambement, from Old French enjamber, to straddle : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹ + jambe, leg; see jamb.]

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enjambment

1837, from enjamb (1600), from Fr. enjamber "to stride over," from jambe "leg."

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