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Webster 1913 Edition
Hemistich
Hem′i-stich
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[L.
hemistichium
, Gr. ἡμιστίχιον
; ἡμι-
half + στίχοσ
row, line, verse: cf. F. hémistiche
.] Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hemistich
HEM'ISTICH
,Noun.
Definition 2024
hemistich
hemistich
English
Noun
hemistich (plural hemistichs)
- An approximate half-line of verse, separated from another by a caesura, often for dramatic effect
- An unfinished line of verse
Translations
approximate half-line of verse
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unfinished line of verse
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