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enjambement

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdʒam(b)m(ə)nt, ɛn-, ɒ̃ˈʒɒ̃bmɒ̃/

(also enjambment)

Definition of enjambement

noun

[mass noun]

(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza: he uses enjambment less than many poets [count noun]:flat language and clumsy enjambments