— stanzaed , adj. — stanzaic /stan zay"ik/ , stanzaical , adj. — stanzaically , adv.
/stan"zeuh/ , n. Pros.
an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
[ 1580-90; stanze ) stantia, equiv. to L stant- (s. of stans ), prp. of stare to STAND + -ia -Y 3 ]
Syn . See verse .