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Webster 1828 Edition

Distich

DISTICH

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Noun.
[L., Gr., a verse.] A couplet; a couple of verses or poetic lines, making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

Definition 2025

distich

distich

English

Noun

distich ‎(plural distichs or distiches)

  1. (prosody) A couplet, a two line stanza making complete sense.
  2. Any couplet.

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Adjective

distich ‎(not comparable)

  1. distichous

Etymology

From Latin distichon ‎(“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον ‎(dístikhon)

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