Definition of Peripeties

1. peripety [n] - See also: peripety

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peripeties

peripatetical
peripatetically
peripateticism
peripateticisms
peripatetics
peripatric
peripatry
peripatus
peripatuses
peripetalous
peripeteia
peripeteias
peripetia
peripetias
peripeties (current term)
peripety
peripharyngeal
peripharyngeal space
peripherad
peripheral
peripheral aneurysm
peripheral anterior synechia
peripheral arteriosclerosis
peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
peripheral brain
peripheral brains
peripheral cataract
peripheral chemoreceptor
peripheral device

Literary usage of Peripeties

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Critical Game by John Albert Macy (1922)
"Stevenson knew all about Mr. James and his "peripeties," but he could stow that knowledge on one ..."

2. Play-making: A Manual of Craftsmanship by William Archer (1912)
"The peripeties of real life are frequent, though 1 That great spiritual drama known as the Book of Job opens, after the Prologue in Heaven, with one of the ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1894)
"Their incidents and peripeties were indeed better suited to the heroical ballad, which is wholly occupied with them. Our constant feud with the French ..."

4. The Fortnightly Review (1883)
"... arbiter of the destiny of the author's creations," is he not repeating the idea of M. Zola, " On finira par donner de simples etudes, sans peripeties ni ..."

5. The Life of Lamartine by Henry Remsen Whitehouse (1918)
"He flattered the envoys of "cette glorieuse ile d'Erin qui, par le genie naturel de ses habitants, comme par les peripeties de son histoire, ..."

6. The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort by Theodore Martin (1880)
"I hope,' were the Emperor's words, ' that the year now beginning will be marked by none of those sudden turns of fortune (peripeties) which have marked the ..."

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