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tristich

[ tris-tik ]

noun

, Prosody.
  1. a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of three lines.

tristich

/ ˈtrɪstɪk /

noun

  1. prosody a poem, stanza, or strophe that consists of three lines
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • trisˈtichic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • tris·tichic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tristich1

First recorded in 1805–15; tri- + stich 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tristich1

C19: from Greek, from tri- + stikhos stich , on the model of distich
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Example Sentences

I should have preferred, indeed, the ante-penultimate tristich as the finale of the poem.

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