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amoebaean

or am·oe·be·an

[am-uh-bee-uh n]
adjective Prosody.
  1. alternately responsive, as verses in dialogue.
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Origin of amoebaean

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

amoebaean

amoebean

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