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distichal

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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.

Origin:
1545–55; < L distichon, n. use of neut. of Gk dístichos having two lines, equiv. to di- di- 1 + stíchos row


dis⋅ti⋅chal, adjective
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