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Word: Hemistich
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek hēmistikhion, from hēmi- ‘half’ + stikhos ‘row, line of verse’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɛmɪstɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(chiefly in Old English verse) a half of a line of verse.
Short Definition:(chiefly in Old English verse) half of line of verse
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