peripeteia
Meanings
Plural: peripeteias
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"
- A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy.
- Any sudden change in circumstances; a crisis.
- A turning point in psychosocial development.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Latin peripetia, and its source Ancient Greek περιπέτεια (peripéteia), from περιπίπτω (peripíptō, “to change suddenly”), from περί (perí, “round, around, about”) + the stem of πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”).
Scrabble Score: 14
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Words With Friends Score: 16
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