tristich

[ tris-tik ]

nounProsody.
  1. a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of three lines.

Origin of tristich

1
First recorded in 1805–15; tri- + stich1

Other words from tristich

  • tris·tich·ic, adjective

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tristich

/ (ˈtrɪstɪk) /


noun
  1. prosody a poem, stanza, or strophe that consists of three lines

Origin of tristich

1
C19: from Greek, from tri- + stikhos stich, on the model of distich

Derived forms of tristich

  • tristichic, adjective

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