bicolon

B3I1C3O1L1O1N1

noun

A pair of adjacent lines of poetry in which the second echoes the meaning of the first

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Meanings

nounbicolon (plural bicolons)

plural bicolons

  1. A pair of adjacent lines of poetry in which the second echoes the meaning of the first

Origin

From bi- + colon. Piecewise doublet of dicolon.

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Cite this entry
APA

bicolon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicolon

MLA

“bicolon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicolon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bicolon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicolon.

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