stichicadj.
/ˈstɪkɪk/ 1. Pertaining to or consisting of verses or lines.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [adjective] > relating to or consisting of lines
stichical1787
stichic1864
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1883 R. C. Jebb Œdipus Tyrannus p. lxxii Two rhythmical sentences of equal length..form a ‘stichic’ period.
1897 W. H. Stevenson in Eng. Hist. Rev. XII. 490 Coote completed Palgrave's stichic re-arrangement of the text.
2. Prosody. Consisting of successive lines of the same metrical form.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > monometric
stichic1886
monometric1892
1886 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 7 399 The stichic portions of the cantica of Terence are divided into strophes.
1900 H. W. Smyth Greek Melic Poets 219 Lesser Asclepiads in stichic arrangement.
Derivatives
ˈstichical adj. = stichic adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [adjective] > relating to or consisting of lines
stichical1787
stichic1864
1787 A. Geddes Let. to Bishop of London 43 No one will..assert the same of any stichical version made from the Hebrew.
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adj.1787