monostich

[mon-uh-stik]

noun

1. a poem or epigram consisting of a single metrical line.

2. a single line of poetry.

monostich

/ ˈmɒnəˌstɪk /

noun

1. a poem of a single line

Other Word Forms

• monostichic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of monostich¹

1570–80; < Late Latin monostichum < Greek monóstichon, noun use of neuter of monóstichos consisting of one line of verse. See mono-, stich ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of monostich¹

C16: via Late Latin from Greek; see _mono- , _stich

Example Sentences

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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