distich
a unit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet.
a rhyming couplet.
Origin of distich
1Other words from distich
- dis·ti·chal, adjective
- sub·dis·tich, noun
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How to use distich in a sentence
This fountain is of white marble, embellished with many festoons and Arabic distichs, complimenting the monarch and his princess.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsThe fourteenth book (on forestry) is written in elegiacs (85 distichs).
It was composed by order of Mahmoud the Gaznevide, and contains 60,000 distichs, the history of the ancient sovereigns of Persia.
Compare with these jagged misshapen distichs the neat fabric which Hoole's machine produces in unlimited abundance.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) | Thomas Babington MacaulayThese distichs were soon imitated, and similar maxims in one line—monostichs— were also written.
A History of Roman Literature | Harold North Fowler
British Dictionary definitions for distich
/ (ˈdɪstɪk) /
prosody a unit of two verse lines, usually a couplet
Origin of distich
1Derived forms of distich
- distichal, adjective
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