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Definitions for distich
ˈdɪs tɪkdis·tich

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duadnoun

    two items of the same kind

Wiktionary

  1. distichnoun

    A couplet, a two line stanza making complete sense.

  2. distichnoun

    Any couplet.

  3. Etymology: From distichon, from δίστιχον

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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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  1. 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

  1. Distichnoun

    a couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses

  2. Distichnoun

    alt. of Distichous

  3. 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

  1. 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. distichosdis, twice, stichos, a line.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of distich in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of distich in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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