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dis⋅tich

  [dis-tik]
–noun Prosody.
1. a unit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet.
2. a rhyming couplet.
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Origin:
1545–55; < L distichon, n. use of neut. of Gk dístichos having two lines, equiv. to di- di- 1 + stíchos row

Related forms:
dis⋅ti⋅chal, adjective
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dis·tich   (dĭs'tĭk)   
n.   pl. dis·tichs

  1. A unit of verse consisting of two lines, especially as used in Greek and Latin elegiac poetry.

  2. A rhyming couplet.


[Latin distichon, from Greek distikhon, from neuter of distikhos, having two rows or verses : di-, two; see di-1 + stikhos, line of verse; see steigh- in Indo-European roots.]
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