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distich

[dis-tik]

noun Prosody.

a unit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet.

a rhyming couplet.

Origin:
1545–55; < Latin distichon, noun use of neuter of Greek dístichos having two lines, equivalent to di- di-¹ + stíchos row

Related forms

dis·ti·chal, adjective

sub·dis·tich, noun

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distich (ˈdɪstɪk)

—n
	prosody a unit of two verse lines, usually a couplet

[C16: from Greek distikhos having two lines, from di-¹ + stikhosstich]

'distichal

—*adj*

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