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bicolon

bicolon noun: a pair of adjacent lines of poetry in which the second echoes the meaning of the first.

Noun

bicolon (plural bicolons)

  1. A pair of adjacent lines of poetry in which the second echoes the meaning of the first

Forms of bicolon

pluralbicolons

Origin of bicolon

From bi- + colon. Piecewise doublet of dicolon.

Questions about bicolon

What does bicolon mean?
Bicolon means a pair of adjacent lines of poetry in which the second echoes the meaning of the first.
What part of speech is bicolon?
Bicolon is a noun.
What is the plural of bicolon?
The plural of bicolon is bicolons.

Words near bicolon in the dictionary

  1. bicollateral
  2. bicollaterality
  3. bicollaterally
  4. bicolligate
  5. bicollinear
  6. bicolon
  7. bicolons
  8. bicolor
  9. bicolor goatfish
  10. bicolor goatfishes
  11. bicoloration

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