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单词 tetrastich
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tetrastich

[ te-truh-stik, te-tras-tik ]
/ ˈtɛ trə stɪk, tɛˈtræs tɪk /

noun Prosody.

a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of four lines.

Origin of tetrastich

1570–80; <Latin tetrastichon<Greek tetrástichon, noun use of neuter of tetrástichos.See tetrastichous

OTHER WORDS FROM tetrastich

tet·ra·stich·ic [te-truh-stik-ik], /ˌtɛ trəˈstɪk ɪk/, te·tras·ti·chal [ti-tras-ti-kuhl], /tɪˈtræs tɪ kəl/, adjective

Words nearby tetrastich

tetrarch, tetrasaccharide, tetrasomic, tetrasporangium, tetraspore, tetrastich, tetrastichous, tetrastyle, tetrasyllable, tetratomic, tetravalent
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Example sentences from the Web for tetrastich

  • Here Selvaggi praised him in a distich, and Salsilli in a tetrastich: neither of them of much value.

    Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, Cowley|Samuel Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for tetrastich

tetrastich
/ (ˈtɛtrəˌstɪk) /

noun

a poem, stanza, or strophe that consists of four lines

Derived forms of tetrastich

tetrastichic (ˌtɛtrəˈstɪkɪk) or tetrastichal (tɛˈtræstɪkəl), adjective

Word Origin for tetrastich

C16: via Latin from Greek tetrastikhon, from tetra- + stikhos row
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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