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Definition of 'peripetia' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) peripeteia, peripetia, peripety
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"

'peripetia' - Nearby Entries  

peripatopsis  peripatus  peripeteia  peripetia  peripety  peripheral  peripheral device  



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