hemistich

[ hem-i-stik ]

/ ˈhɛm ɪˌstɪk /

noun Prosody.

the exact or approximate half of a stich, or poetic verse or line, especially as divided by a caesura or the like.

an incomplete line, or a line of less than the usual length.

Origin of hemistich

1565–75; <Late Latin hēmistichium<Greek hēmistíchion a half-verse. See hemi-, stich¹

OTHER WORDS FROM hemistich

he·mis·ti·chal

[huh-mis-ti-kuhl, hem-i-stik-uhl], /həˈmɪs tɪ kəl, ˈhɛm ɪˌstɪk əl/, adjective

Words nearby hemistich

hemispasm, hemisphere, hemispheric, hemispherical, hemispheroid, hemistich, hemisystole, hemiterpene, hemithorax, hemitrope, hemivertebra

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Example sentences from the Web for hemistich

The sub-type A3 is type A with alliteration on the second arsis only and is limited almost entirely to the first hemistich.
A History of English Versification|Jakob Schipper
I have composed the first hemistich of a verse, but cannot finish it, although it has occupied my mind for some days.'
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
The last line has the regular number of syllables, but double inversion of accent in the first hemistich.
A History of English Versification|Jakob Schipper
The sectional rhyme, so called because it consists of two rhyming words within one section or hemistich.
A History of English Versification|Jakob Schipper

Type B, according to Sievers, occurs 1014 times in Beowulf, of which 293 are in the first hemistich and 721 in the second.
A History of English Versification|Jakob Schipper

British Dictionary definitions for hemistich

hemistich

/ (ˈhɛmɪˌstɪk) /

noun

prosody a half line of verse

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单词	hemistich
释义	hemistich [ hem-i-stik ] / ˈhɛm ɪˌstɪk / noun Prosody. the exact or approximate half of a stich, or poetic verse or line, especially as divided by a caesura or the like. an incomplete line, or a line of less than the usual length. Origin of hemistich 1565–75; <Late Latin hēmistichium<Greek hēmistíchion a half-verse. See hemi-, stich¹ OTHER WORDS FROM hemistich he·mis·ti·chal [huh-mis-ti-kuhl, hem-i-stik-uhl], /həˈmɪs tɪ kəl, ˈhɛm ɪˌstɪk əl/, adjective Words nearby hemistich hemispasm, hemisphere, hemispheric, hemispherical, hemispheroid, hemistich, hemisystole, hemiterpene, hemithorax, hemitrope, hemivertebra Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hemistich The sub-type A3 is type A with alliteration on the second arsis only and is limited almost entirely to the first hemistich. A History of English Versification\|Jakob Schipper I have composed the first hemistich of a verse, but cannot finish it, although it has occupied my mind for some days.' A Boswell of Baghdad\|E. V. Lucas The last line has the regular number of syllables, but double inversion of accent in the first hemistich. A History of English Versification\|Jakob Schipper The sectional rhyme, so called because it consists of two rhyming words within one section or hemistich. A History of English Versification\|Jakob Schipper Type B, according to Sievers, occurs 1014 times in Beowulf, of which 293 are in the first hemistich and 721 in the second. A History of English Versification\|Jakob Schipper British Dictionary definitions for hemistich hemistich / (ˈhɛmɪˌstɪk) / noun prosody a half line of verse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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