distich
a unit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet.
a rhyming couplet.
Origin of distich
1Other words from distich
- dis·ti·chal, adjective
- sub·dis·tich, noun
Words Nearby distich
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How to use distich in a sentence
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 EmersonLeo used occasionally to send him some dishes from his table; and he was expected to pay for each dish with a Latin distich.
That distich which Shakespeare puts in the mouth of his madman in K. Lear, act iii.
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume III (of 3) | Thomas PercySo ran an agonised distich I found written up on a rock somewhere.
My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum | Herman Charles MerivaleThe chief forms of verse used are the elegiac distich (most frequent), scazons, and hendecasyllabics.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors | George Middleton
British Dictionary definitions for distich
/ (ˈdɪstɪk) /
prosody a unit of two verse lines, usually a couplet
Origin of distich
1Derived forms of distich
- distichal, adjective
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