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tetracolon

tetracolon noun: a stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines.

Noun

tetracolon (plural tetracolons or tetracola)

  1. A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines.
    • the two verses would form a beautiful tetracolon, the first line answering to the third, and the second to the fourth1791, Henry Dimock, Notes Critical and Explanatory

Forms of tetracolon

pluraltetracolons
pluraltetracola

Origin of tetracolon

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τετράκωλον (tetrákōlon).

Words that rhyme with tetracolon

Questions about tetracolon

What does tetracolon mean?
Tetracolon means a stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines.
What part of speech is tetracolon?
Tetracolon is a noun.
What is the plural of tetracolon?
The plural of tetracolon is tetracolons.

Words near tetracolon in the dictionary

  1. tetracistronic
  2. tetraclone
  3. tetraclones
  4. tetracoccous
  5. tetracola
  6. tetracolon
  7. tetracolons
  8. tetracolored
  9. tetracolpate
  10. tetracolpates
  11. tetracolporate

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