tetrastich
[ te-truh-stik, te-tras-tik ]
nounProsody.
a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of four lines.
Origin of tetrastich
11570–80; <Latin tetrastichon<Greek tetrástichon, noun use of neuter of tetrástichos.See tetrastichous
Other words from tetrastich
- tet·ra·stich·ic [te-truh-stik-ik], /ˌtɛ trəˈstɪk ɪk/, te·tras·ti·chal [ti-tras-ti-kuhl], /tɪˈtræs tɪ kəl/, adjective
Words Nearby tetrastich
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How to use tetrastich in a sentence
Here Selvaggi praised him in a distich, and Salsilli in a tetrastich: neither of them of much value.
Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, Cowley | Samuel Johnson(Here the purport is given instead of the literal version of the too verbose tetrastich verse).
British Dictionary definitions for tetrastich
tetrastich
/ (ˈtɛtrəˌstɪk) /
noun
a poem, stanza, or strophe that consists of four lines
Origin of tetrastich
1C16: via Latin from Greek tetrastikhon, from tetra- + stikhos row
Derived forms of tetrastich
- tetrastichic (ˌtɛtrəˈstɪkɪk) or tetrastichal (tɛˈtræstɪkəl), adjective
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