DISTICH


Meaning of DISTICH in English

— distichal , adj.

/dis"tik/ , n. Pros.

1. a unit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet.

2. a rhyming couplet.

[ 1545-55; distichon, n. use of neut. of Gk dístichos having two lines, equiv. to di- DI- 1 + stíchos row ]

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