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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chiasmus /kʌɪˈazməs, kɪ-/

▶noun the inversion in a second phrase or clause of the order of words in the first.

– derivatives
chiastic adjective.

– origin C17 (in the sense ‘crosswise arrangement’): mod. L., from Gk khiasmos, from khiazein (chiasma).

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