a. [f. prec. + -IC.] Of the nature of stichomythia.
1866. Felton, Anc. & Mod. Gr., I. xii. 222. This is shown particularly in those parts called stichomythic or line for line dialogues, responding like alternate strokes of hammers on the anvil.
1908. Saintsbury, Engl. Prosody, II. 14. Much of it [the Comedy of Errors] … is devoted to … stichomythic bandying of speech.
