distich

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

You know the vulgar distich among our set. — Paul Clifford — Complete, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Why was the chant arrested at the conclusion of this first distich? — Ulysses, James Joyce
Something appropriate for every day o' the week," he continued, indicating a rhymed distich appearing beneath the current date. — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan

couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, duo, duet, dyad, duad

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