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hemistich

noun

Etymology

From French hémistiche, from Latin hēmistichium, from Ancient Greek ἡμιστίχιον (hēmistíkhion), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “verse”).

  1. derived from ἡμιστίχιον
  2. derived from hēmistichium
  3. borrowed from hémistiche

Definitions

  1. An approximate half-line of verse, separated from another by a caesura, often for…

    An approximate half-line of verse, separated from another by a caesura, often for dramatic effect.

  2. An unfinished line of verse.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hemistich. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA