peristrophen.

Brit.

/pᵻˈrɪstrəfi/, U.S.

/pəˈrɪstrəfi/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek περιστροϕή.

Etymology: < ancient Greek περιστροϕή turning or spinning round < περι- peri- prefix + στροϕή strophe n., after περιστρέϕειν to turn round (see peristrephic adj.). Compare earlier anastrophe n., antistrophe n., apostrophe n.¹, catastrophe n., epistrophe n., metastrophe n.

literary. rare.

An instance of turning round, a revolution; a person who turns to an opposing viewpoint.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun]

leapc1000

lope14..

revolution?a1439

reverse?1492

metamorphosis1548

transformation1581

earthquake1592

upside down1593

metamorphose1608

sea-changea1616

peritropea1656

transilience1657

transiliency1661

saltus1665

catastrophe1696

peristrophe1716

transiliency1769

upheaving1821

upset1822

saltation1844

shake1847

upheaval1850

cataclysm1861

shake-out1939

virage1989

1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 12 in Athenæ Britannicæ III A strange Peristrophe of Policy and Religion.

1982 Diacritics 12 73 Flask becomes an antirrhesis who trivialises the metagrammar's threat of predication; Stubb a peristrophe who takes its very accusations as a defense of his cowardice.

1993 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 33 521 In the vocabulary of rhetorical analysis, her use of the Petrarchan conceit is a peristrophe, which she has embedded within a dilemma.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peristrophe
释义	peristrophen. Brit. /pᵻˈrɪstrəfi/, U.S. /pəˈrɪstrəfi/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek περιστροϕή. Etymology: < ancient Greek περιστροϕή turning or spinning round < περι- peri- prefix + στροϕή strophe n., after περιστρέϕειν to turn round (see peristrephic adj.). Compare earlier anastrophe n., antistrophe n., apostrophe n.¹, catastrophe n., epistrophe n., metastrophe n. literary. rare. An instance of turning round, a revolution; a person who turns to an opposing viewpoint. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun] leapc1000 lope14.. revolution?a1439 reverse?1492 metamorphosis1548 transformation1581 earthquake1592 upside down1593 metamorphose1608 sea-changea1616 peritropea1656 transilience1657 transiliency1661 saltus1665 catastrophe1696 peristrophe1716 transiliency1769 upheaving1821 upset1822 saltation1844 shake1847 upheaval1850 cataclysm1861 shake-out1939 virage1989 1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 12 in Athenæ Britannicæ III A strange Peristrophe of Policy and Religion. 1982 Diacritics 12 73 Flask becomes an antirrhesis who trivialises the metagrammar's threat of predication; Stubb a peristrophe who takes its very accusations as a defense of his cowardice. 1993 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 33 521 In the vocabulary of rhetorical analysis, her use of the Petrarchan conceit is a peristrophe, which she has embedded within a dilemma. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1716
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