synchysis

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/ˈsɪn.kə.sɪs/

noun

A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil and his contemporaries.

OriginLatin synchysis ← Ancient Greek σύγχυσις →
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Meanings

nounsynchysis (countable and uncountable, plural synchyses)

plural synchyses · alternative synchesis · alternative synchisis

  1. countableuncountablecommunicationsA complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil and his contemporaries.
  2. countablerhetoricuncountableConfused arrangement of words in a sentence.
  3. countableuncountableA confused mixture.
  4. countableuncountablemedicineFluidity of the vitreous humour of the eye.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσύγχυσις“a mixing”
  2. Latinsynchysis
  3. Englishsynchysis

Borrowed from Latin synchysis, from Ancient Greek σύγχυσις (súnkhusis, “a mixing”).

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Translations

French synchyse
  • synchyseconfused arrangement of words in a sentence
German Synchyse, Synchyse
  • Synchyseconfused arrangement of words in a sentence
  • Synchysefluidity of the vitreous humour of the eye
Italian sinchisi
  • sinchisiconfused arrangement of words in a sentence
Portuguese sínquise
  • sínquiseconfused arrangement of words in a sentence
Spanish sínquisis
  • sínquisisconfused arrangement of words in a sentence
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APA

synchysis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synchysis

MLA

“synchysis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synchysis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “synchysis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synchysis.

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