e.g. laff-o-nashr-chiasmus (a literary term)

boasting, bragging, boast, brag

word, vocable, saying

relating to the pronunciation, or to the word enunciative, verbal, grammatical, literal

words

words

quarrel, squabble, disputation

a rhetorical figure corresponding to the chiasmus of the classics

a rhetorical figure corresponding to the chiasmus of the classics

(Rhetoric) 'Collecting and scattering', a figure corresponding to the Chiasmus of the classics, (the following are examples from Persian poetry: Chun jood o jalaal o hunar o taabʻ o kaffe oo, Abr o falak o aḵẖtar o daryaa mat̤ar nest, 'As (are) his generosity, majesty, skill, character, and liberal hand, the clouds, the firmament, the stars, the ocean, and the rain are not', Jan o dil-e wali o ʻadawi-e tu roz-o-shab, Az waʻda-o waʻeed-e-tu pur noor o naar baad, 'may the soul and the heart of thy friend and of thy foe be ever, Full of light or of fire by thy promise or thy threat.' Examples from English poety are: 'annual for me the grape, the rose renew, the juice nectarious, and the balmy dew' (Pope), 'an oven that is stopped or river stay'd, Burneth more hotly, swelleth with more rage' (Shakespeare)

prolixity, loquacity, rhetoric

voluble, wordy, verbose, loquacious, garrulous

mixed multitude, crowd, a congregation of a number of various tribes

a loose character, bad character, yob, blackguard, scoundrel, rogue, hooligan, hoodlum, hoodlum, hooligan

use of a word

vile, dishonorable

the turnip

vocabulary

roguishness, hooliganism

literal meaning

the words coming out of the tongue

to talk excessively

literal translation

literally, verbally, explicitly, expressly, distinctly pronounced

meaningless word