PERIPETY

peripeteia, peripetia, peripety

(noun) a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); “a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

peripety (countable and uncountable, plural peripeties)

Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”)

(psychoanalysis) The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

14 November 2024

FRISK

(noun) the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; “he gave the suspect a quick frisk”


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Coffee Trivia

Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

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