Definitions for parabasis

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parabasis pa·rab·a·sis

Spelling: [puh-rab-uh-sis]

IPA: /pəˈræb ə sɪs/

Parabasis is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 222 anagrams from letters in parabasis (aaabiprss).

Definitions for parabasis

noun

1. (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode addressed to the audience, especially of comedy, and independent of the action of the play: usually following the agon and, in the earliest forms of comedy, serving often to end the play.

Origin of parabasis

1810-20; Greek parábasis a going aside, digression; see para-¹, basis

Examples for parabasis

They were also remarkable for the absence of the parabasis and chorus.

parabasis, pa-rab′a-sis, n. the chief of the choral parts in ancient Greek comedy, usually an address from the poet to the public.

In the comedies, like the masques in other days, sarcastic remarks on the government came to be made; this was the parabasis.