ANTIMETABOLE

Etymology

Noun

antimetabole (countable and uncountable, plural antimetaboles)

(rhetoric) The technique of reversal, where accentuated by reversal of words, actions or grammatical structure.

Source: Wiktionary


An`ti*me*tab"o*le, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Definition: A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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