Definitions for peripeteia

peripeteia per·i·pe·tei·a

Spelling: [per-uh-pi-tahy-uh, -tee- Peripeteia is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 235 anagrams from letters in peripeteia (aeeeiipprt).

Definitions for peripeteia

noun

  1. a sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal, especially in a literary work.

Origin of peripeteia

1585-95; Greek peripéteia sudden change, equivalent to peripet(ḗs) literally, falling round (peri- peri- + pet-, base of píptein to fall) + -eia -y<