stichomythic

• a word derived from stichomythia.
  stichomythia

  noun

  dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.

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stichomythic

By a sort of stichomythic alternation each for a time is supposed to carry on his speech regardless of the other, so that to follow either connectedly the alternate lines must be read in sequence.

From The Growth of English Drama by Arnold Wynne

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