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stichic

stichic adjective: describing verse that is not divided into stanzas, but consists of lines all having the same metrical form.

Adjective

stichic (not comparable)

  1. Describing verse that is not divided into stanzas, but consists of lines all having the same metrical form

Origin of stichic

From stich + -ic.

Questions about stichic

What does stichic mean?
Stichic means describing verse that is not divided into stanzas, but consists of lines all having the same metrical form.
What part of speech is stichic?
Stichic is an adjective.

Words near stichic in the dictionary

  1. sticheraria
  2. sticheraric
  3. sticherarion
  4. sticheron
  5. sticherons
  6. stichic
  7. stichid
  8. stichidia
  9. stichidium
  10. stichids
  11. sticho-

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