distich

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον

[edit] Noun

distich (plural distichs or distiches)

  1. (prosody) A couplet, a two line stanza making complete sense.
  2. Any couplet.

[edit] Translations

couplet

[edit] See also

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