Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A poem or stanza having five lines.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A composition consisting of five lines or verses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A composition consisting of five verses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
composition consisting of fiveverses .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Late Greek pentastikhos, of five lines : penta-, penta- + stikhos, line; see steigh- in Indo-European roots.]
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Ancient Greek
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Examples
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(pentastich) and speaks of "five more," which would make six.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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