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monostich
[mon-uh-stik]
noun
a poem or epigram consisting of a single metrical line.
a single line of poetry.
monostich
/ ˈmɒnəˌstɪk /
noun
a poem of a single line
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Other Word Forms
- monostichic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of monostich1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of monostich1
C16: via Late Latin from Greek; see mono- , stich
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Monostich, mon′ō-stik, n. a poem complete in one verse.—adj.
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Menander made a fine collection of them under the title of Sententi� Monostich�.
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A minor poet called Admetus told him he had inserted a clause in his will for the inscribing on his tomb of a monostich, which I will give: Admetus' husk earth holds, and Heaven himself.
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