distich

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/ˈdɪstɪk/

noun

A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.

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couplepairtwosometwainbracespanyokecouplet
OriginLatin distichon ← Ancient Greek δίστιχον →
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Meanings

noundistich (plural distichs)

plural distichs

  1. human sciencesA couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.

    Through these distichs of increasing intensity and vagueness, the reader is brought to the riddle of the concluding distich: as far as the speaker is concerned, the girl was ‘pure’, but she will not be if Aeschylus wants to receive the same service on a ‘bad condition’.

    2012, Christer Henriksén, A Commentary on Martial, Epigrams Book 9, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 282
  2. Any couplet.
adjectivedistich (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDistichous.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountwo items of the same kind

Similar
couplepairtwosometwainbracespanyokecoupletduoduetdyadduad
Broader
two2II
Also see
bracecouplecoupletduadduetduodyadpairspantwaintwosomeyoke

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδίστιχον
  2. Latindistichon“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”
  3. Englishdistich

From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon).

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Translations

Ancient Greek δίστιχον
  • δίστιχον (dístikhon)a two line stanza making complete sense
Bulgarian двустишие
  • двустишие (dvustišie)a two line stanza making complete sense
Catalan dístic
  • dística two line stanza making complete sense
French distique
  • distiquea two line stanza making complete sense
German Distichon
  • Distichona two line stanza making complete sense
Greek δίστιχο
  • δίστιχο (dísticho)a two line stanza making complete sense
Norwegian Bokmål distikon
  • distikona two line stanza making complete sense
Polish dwuwiersz, dystych
  • dwuwiersza two line stanza making complete sense
  • dystycha two line stanza making complete sense
Portuguese dístico
  • dísticoa two line stanza making complete sense
Russian двусти́шие
  • двусти́шие (dvustíšije)a two line stanza making complete sense

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

stichid
Cite this entry
APA

distich. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distich

MLA

“distich.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distich. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distich,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distich.

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