tetra-stichic
trə noun Prosody.
a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of four lines.
Origin:
1570–80; < Latin tetrastichon < Greek tetrástichon, noun use of neuter of tetrástichos. See tetrastichous
1570–80; < Latin tetrastichon < Greek tetrástichon, noun use of neuter of tetrástichos. See tetrastichous
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| —n | |
| a poem, stanza, or strophe that consists of four lines | |
| [C16: via Latin from Greek tetrastikhon, from | |
| tetrastichic | |
| —adj | |
| tetrastichal | |
| —adj | |
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Tetra-stichic
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