distich

[ dis-tik ]
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nounProsody.
  1. a unit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet.

  2. a rhyming couplet.

Origin of distich

1
1545–55; <Latin distichon, noun use of neuter of Greek dístichos having two lines, equivalent to di-di-1 + stíchos row

Other words from distich

  • dis·ti·chal, adjective
  • sub·dis·tich, noun

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distich

/ (ˈdɪstɪk) /


noun
  1. prosody a unit of two verse lines, usually a couplet

Origin of distich

1
C16: from Greek distikhos having two lines, from di- 1 + stikhos stich

Derived forms of distich

  • distichal, adjective

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