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Definition of hemistich noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hemistich

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/ˈhemistɪk/
 
/ˈhemistɪk/
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  1. a half of a line of poetry, especially in Old English poetry
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek hēmistikhion, from hemi- ‘half’ + stikhos ‘row, line of verse’.
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