a. or sb. pl. [Gr. ἀλλοιόστροφα adj. pl. neut. ‘consisting of irregular strophes’; f. ἀλλoῖoς different in kind + στροφή strophe. A modern writer would have adapted the word as allœostrophous.] (See quot.)
1671. Milton, Samson, Pref. The measure of verse used in the chorus is of all sorts … being divided into stanzas or pauses, they may be called Allœostropha.
