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sti⋅cho⋅myth⋅i⋅a

   [stik-uh-mith-ee-uh]
–noun
dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
Also, sti⋅chom⋅y⋅thy  [sti-kom-uh-thee] .

Origin:
1860–65; < Gk stichomȳthía, equiv. to stícho(s) (see stich 1 ) + -mȳthia (mŷth(os) speech, story + -ia -ia )
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stich·o·myth·i·a     (stĭk'ə-mĭth'ē-ə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   An ancient Greek arrangement of dialogue in drama, poetry, and disputation in which single lines of verse or parts of lines are spoken by alternate speakers.


[Greek stikhomūthiā, from stikhomūthein, to speak in alternating lines : stikhos, stich; see steigh- in Indo-European roots + mūthos, speech.]

stich'o·myth'ic adj.
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