enjamb

enjamb
enjamb /in-jamˈ/ transitive verb and intransitive verb
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Main Entry:enjambment

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  • enjambment — enjambed, adj. /en jam meuhnt, jamb /, n., pl. enjambments / meuhnts/. Pros. the running on of the thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break. [1830 40; < F enjambement, equiv. to enjamb(er) to stride over,… …   Universalium

  • enjambment — also enjambement, 1837, from Fr. enjambement or from enjamb (c.1600), from Fr. enjamber to stride over, from en (see EN (Cf. en ) (1)) + jambe leg (see JAMB (Cf. jamb)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • enjambment — en•jamb•ment or en•jambe•ment [[t]ɛnˈdʒæm mənt, ˈdʒæmb [/t]] n. pl. ments ( mənts). pro the running on of the thought from one poetic line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactic break • Etymology: 1830–40; < F enjambement <… …   From formal English to slang

  • enjambé — Enjambé, [enjamb]ée. part. Il a les significations de son verbe. Un pouce de terre enjambé sur son voisin est une matiere de restitution. On dit, d Un homme qui a les jambes extraordinairement longues, qu Il est haut enjambé …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • iniamb — variant of enjamb v., Obs …   Useful english dictionary

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