Hemistich Definition

hĕmĭ-stĭk
noun
Half a line of verse, esp., either half created by the chief caesura, or rhythmic pause in the middle of a line.
Webster's New World
An incomplete or imperfect line of verse.
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Other Word Forms of Hemistich

Noun

Singular:
hemistich
Plural:
hemistichs

Origin of Hemistich

  • From French hémistiche, from Latin hemistichium, from Ancient Greek ἡμιστίχιον (hēmistikhion), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + στίχος (stikhos, “verse”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin hēmistichium from Greek hēmistikhion hēmi- hemi- stikhos line steigh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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