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distich
dis·tich D0292700 (dĭs′tĭk)n. pl. dis·tichs 1. A unit of verse consisting of two lines, especially as used in Greek and Latin elegiac poetry.2. A rhyming couplet. [Latin distichon, from Greek distikhon, from neuter of distikhos, having two rows or verses : di-, two; see di-1 + stikhos, line of verse; see steigh- in Indo-European roots.]distich (ˈdɪstɪk) n (Poetry) prosody a unit of two verse lines, usually a couplet[C16: from Greek distikhos having two lines, from di-1 + stikhos stich] ˈdistichal adjdis•tich (ˈdɪs tɪk) n. 1. a unit of two lines of verse, usu. a self-contained statement; couplet. 2. a rhyming couplet. [1545–55; < Latin distichon; see di-1, -stichous] dis′ti•chal, adj. disticha couplet or pair of verses or lines, usually read as a unit.See also: VerseThesaurusNoun | 1. | distich - two items of the same kind couplet, duad, duet, duo, dyad, twain, twosome, brace, pair, span, yoke, couplefellow, mate - one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"2, II, two, deuce - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this numberdoubleton - (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player | Translationsdistich
distich Prosody a unit of two verse lines, usually a couplet Distich in poetry, a two-verse stanza. An example of distich is Sergei Esenin’s lines: “You are my leafless maple, my ice-covered maple, /Why do you stand, stooped over, under the white blizzard?” An unrhymed hexameter or pentameter distich is called an elegiac distich. The distich appears as an independent poem in epigrams, epitaphs, and inscriptions. In eastern poetry, it is called a bait. MedicalSeecoupletdistich Related to distich: coupletSynonyms for distichnoun two items of the same kindSynonyms- couplet
- duad
- duet
- duo
- dyad
- twain
- twosome
- brace
- pair
- span
- yoke
- couple
Related Words- fellow
- mate
- 2
- II
- two
- deuce
- doubleton
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