Associations to the word «Peripety»

Wiktionary

PERIPETY, noun. Alternative form of peripeteia

Dictionary definition

PERIPETY, 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".

Wise words

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