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-kuh l] /tɪˈtræs tɪ kəl/, adjectiveWords nearby tetrastich
tetrarch,
tetrasaccharide,
tetrasomic,
tetrasporangium,
tetraspore,
tetrastich,
tetrastichous,
tetrastyle,
tetrasyllable,
tetratomic,
tetravalent
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), adjectiveWord Origin for tetrastich
C16: via Latin from Greek
tetrastikhon, from
tetra- +
stikhos row