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.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Hemistich
Noun
Singular:
hemistich
Plural:
hemistichsOrigin of Hemistich
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From French hémistiche, from Latin hemistichium, from Ancient Greek ἡμιστίχιον (hēmistikhion), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + στίχος (stikhos, “verse”).
From Wiktionary
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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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