Associations to the word «Peripety»
Wiktionary
PERIPETY, noun. Alternative form of peripeteia
Dictionary definition
PERIPETY, noun. 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".
Wise words
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.