Unscramble

p 3 e 1 r 1 i 1 p 3 e 1 t 1 e 1 i 1 a 1

10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)

originFrom Late Latin peripetia, and its source Ancient Greek περιπέτεια (peripéteia), from περιπίπτω (peripíptō, “to change suddenly”), from περί (perí, “round, around, about”) + the stem of πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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