stichic

[stik-ik]

adjective

1. pertaining to or consisting of stichs or verses.

2. composed of lines of the same metrical form throughout.

Other Word Forms

• stichically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of stichic¹

From the Greek word stichikós, dating back to 1860–65. See stich ¹, -ic

Example Sentences

Sievers's view is that originally the two sorts of verse existed side by side, the stanzaic being preferred for chorus delivery, the stichic for individual recitation; one form at length crowding out the other.

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Sievers, on Anglo-Saxon verse, 152 f.; on stanzaic and stichic verse, 63.

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