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amoebaean

American

[am-uh-bee-uhn] / ˌæm əˈbi ən /

Or amoebean

adjective

Prosody.

alternately responsive, as verses in dialogue.

amoebaean British

/ ˌæmɪˈbiːən /

adjective

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

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Etymology

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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