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Dialogue especially of altercation or dispute delivered in alternating lines (as in classical Greek drama).

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Usage examples (9)
  • The topic, as good as a smart diagnosis of language, replete with lots of word play, quick rebuttal in stichomythia, as good as both comic as good as critical diagnosis...
  • Where is mr. aRye, master of repartee, stichomythia, and the witty rejoinder?
  • At times it is almost literally like stichomythia, every sentence the subject of a smart retort invariably negative from the interior textual demolition team.
  • The author was well acquainted with classical drama, as may be seen in his use of stichomythia, amongst other things, and possibly in his preference for a Grecian story.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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