Tristichs'

tris·tich

[tris-tik]
noun Prosody.
a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of three lines.

Origin:
1805–15; tri- + stich1

tris·tich·ic, adjective
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tristich (ˈtrɪstɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
prosody a poem, stanza, or strophe that consists of three lines
 
[C19: from Greek, from tri- + stikhosstich, on the model of distich]
 
tris'tichic
 
adj

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