distich

[dis-tik]

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noun Prosody.

a unit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet.
a rhyming couplet.

Origin of distich

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

Related formsdis·ti·chal, adjectivesub·dis·tich, noun

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Related Words for distich

verse, poem, unit, distich

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Historical Examples of distich

A war is undertaken for an epigram or a distich, as in Europe for a duchy.
Rubiyt of Omar Khayym and Salmn and Absl
Omar Khayym and Ralph Waldo Emerson
In this distich is another line of which Pope was not the author.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes
Samuel Johnson
He is said to have got more by this distich than Mr. Dryden did by all his works.
Isaac Bickerstaff
Richard Steele
Well, if had any curiosity, it would be to see the poor author of the distich.
Ten Years Later
Alexandre Dumas, Pere
The asyndeton in this distich is odd, given the preceding series of connectives.
The Last Poems of Ovid
Ovid

British Dictionary definitions for distich

distich

noun

prosody a unit of two verse lines, usually a couplet

Derived Formsdistichal, adjective

Word Origin for distich

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

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