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distich

/ˈdɪstɪk/ noun

Latin root: distichon Wiktionary

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  1. A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.
  2. Any couplet.

adjective

  1. Distichous.

Origin

From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon).

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