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▪ I. monostich, n. Pros.|ˈmɒnəʊstɪk|
Forms: 7–8 monostick, 7– monostich. Also 6, 8 in Gr. form monostichon.
[ad. late L. monostich-um, monostich-ium (Ausonius), a. Gr. µονόστιχον, neut. of µονόστιχος adj. consisting of one verse, f. µόνο-ς mono- + στίχος row, line, or verse. Cf. F. monostique adj. (a 1382 in Du Cange) and n.]
A poem or epigram consisting of but one metrical line.
1577Kendall Flowers of Epigr. 104 b, This Monostichon here followyng, was written vpon the gate of the Monestarie of the Benedictines. 1607J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Plough 38 [The seven works of mercy] aptly comprehended in this Monostich. Visito, poto, cibo, redimo, tego, colligo, condo. 1693J. H. tr. Juvenal x. Ep. Ded. 3, I know not whether you have ever met with the following Monostick. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 47. 1/1 That Celebrated Monostick, The Bashful Water saw her God, and Blusht. 1721Bailey, Monostichon, an Epigram consisting of one single Verse. 1871Browning Balaust. 169 Who could speak A chorus to the end, or prologize,..Or thrust and parry in bright monostich. 1891Driver Introd. Lit. O.T. (1892) 342 Single lines or monostichs: these are found but rarely.
▪ II. monostich, a.|ˈmɒnəʊstɪk|
Also 7 monostick, 9 (sense 2) monostic.
[a. Gr. µονόστιχος (see prec.); in sense 2 a. F. monostique (Haüy).]
1. Pros. Consisting of a single line of verse.
1656Blount Glossogr., Monostick, (monostichon) that which consists of one onely verse. 1895W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. Freeman I. 37 It contains monostich passages.
†2. Min. = monostichous 1. Obs.
1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 211 Monostic topaz..is a slightly oblique eight sided prism, in which two and two lateral planes meet under very obtuse angles. |