Usually means: Rapid, alternating dialogue in verse.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. stichomythia: Merriam-Webster
  2. stichomythia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stichomythia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. stichomythia: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stichomythia: Wordnik
  6. stichomythia: Wiktionary
  7. stichomythia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. stichomythia: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. stichomythia: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. stichomythia: Dictionary.com
  11. Stichomythia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. stichomythia: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. stichomythia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. stichomythia: Global Glossary
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  3. STICHOMYTHIA: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stichomythia: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See stichomythic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (stichomythia)

noun:  (poetry) A technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating characters, voices, or entities.

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