amoebaean

or am·oe·be·an

[ am-uh-bee-uhn ]

adjectiveProsody.
  1. alternately responsive, as verses in dialogue.

Origin of amoebaean

1
1650–60; <Latin amoebae(us) antiphonal (<Greek amoibaîos interchanging, equivalent to amoib() alternation (cf. ameba) + -aios adj. suffix) + -an

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British Dictionary definitions for amoebaean

amoebaean

amoebean

/ (ˌæmɪˈbiːən) /


adjective
  1. prosody of or relating to lines of verse dialogue that answer each other alternately

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