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Definitions for distich
ˈdɪs tɪkdis·tich
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Princeton's WordNet
couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duadnoun
two items of the same kind
Wiktionary
distichnoun
A couplet, a two line stanza making complete sense.
distichnoun
Any couplet.
Etymology: From distichon, from δίστιχον
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Distichnoun
A couplet; a couple of lines; an epigram consisting only of two verses.
Etymology: distichon, Latin.
The French compare anagrams, by themselves, to gems; but when they are cast into a distich, or epigram, to gems enchased in enamelled gold. William Camden, Remains.
The bard, whose distich all commend,
In power, a servant; out of power, a friend. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
distich
A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the two lines is end-stopped, implying that there is a grammatical pause at the end of a line of verse. In a run-on (or open) couplet, the meaning of the first line continues to the second.
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distich
A distich is a unit of verse consisting of two lines, often with a particular rhyme or meter. It is commonly used in poetry and can sometimes be used interchangeably with the term "couplet".
Webster Dictionary
Distichnoun
a couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses
Distichnoun
alt. of Distichous
Etymology: [L. distichon, Gr. , neut. of with two rows, of two verses; di- = di`s- twice + row, verse, fr. to ascend; akin to AS. stgan to ascend: cf. F. distique. See Stirrup.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Distich
dis′tik, n. a couple of lines or verses, making complete sense: a couplet.—adj. having two rows.—adj. Dis′tichous (bot.), arranged in two rows. [L.,—Gr. distichos—dis, twice, stichos, a line.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of distich in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of distich in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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