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tristich
[ tris-tik ]
noun
, Prosody.
- a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of three lines.
tristich
/ ˈtrɪstɪk /
noun
- prosody a poem, stanza, or strophe that consists of three lines
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Derived Forms
- trisˈtichic, adjective
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Other Words From
- tris·tichic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tristich1
C19: from Greek, from tri- + stikhos stich , on the model of distich
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Example Sentences
I should have preferred, indeed, the ante-penultimate tristich as the finale of the poem.
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