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hemistichal

hemistichal adjective: pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs.

Adjective

hemistichal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs.
    • a hemistichal division of a verse
    • hemistichal pattern

Origin of hemistichal

From hemistich + -al.

Questions about hemistichal

What does hemistichal mean?
Hemistichal means pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs.
What part of speech is hemistichal?
Hemistichal is an adjective.

Words near hemistichal in the dictionary

  1. hemispingus
  2. hemist
  3. hemisternotomies
  4. hemisternotomy
  5. hemistich
  6. hemistichal
  7. hemistiches
  8. hemistichs
  9. hemists
  10. hemisuccinate
  11. hemisuccinates

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