enjambement

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A form of enjambment — A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.

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Meanings

nounenjambement (countable and uncountable, plural enjambements)

plural enjambements

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of enjambment.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

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prosodyinflection
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enjambment

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchenjambement
  2. Frenchenjambement
  3. Englishenjambement

Borrowed from French enjambement.

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Cite this entry
APA

enjambement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enjambement

MLA

“enjambement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enjambement. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enjambement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enjambement.

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