tristich
[ tris-tik ]
nounProsody.
a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of three lines.
Origin of tristich
1Other words from tristich
- tris·tich·ic, adjective
Words Nearby tristich
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How to use tristich in a sentence
I should have preferred, indeed, the ante-penultimate tristich as the finale of the poem.
British Dictionary definitions for tristich
tristich
/ (ˈtrɪstɪk) /
noun
prosody a poem, stanza, or strophe that consists of three lines
Origin of tristich
1C19: from Greek, from tri- + stikhos stich, on the model of distich
Derived forms of tristich
- tristichic, adjective
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