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TETRASTICH

Definition: TETRASTICH

TETRASTICH

Noun

1. A stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Tetrastich \Te*tras"tich\, noun. [Latin expression tetrastichon, Greek; te`tra- (see Tetra-) row, verse.]. (Websters 1913)

Modern Translations: TETRASTICH

Language Translations for "TETRASTICH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

strofë (quatrain, stanza, strophe, verse). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حاكم الجزء الرابع من ولاية. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

четиристишие (quatrain). (various references)

   

French

  

tétrarchie. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

négysoros vers. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etrastichtay

   

Russian 

  

строфа из четырех строк. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

četvorostih. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

dört mısralı şiir. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "TETRASTICH"

Words rhyming with "TETRASTICH" (pronounced 'Te*tras"tich'): Telestich. (additional references)

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Anagrams: TETRASTICH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-r-s-t-t-t"

-1 letter: chattiest, theatrics.

-2 letters: cattiest, chariest, chartist, chatters, chattier, chitters, citrates, cristate, ratchets, rattiest, restitch, scattier, stitcher, tachiste, theatric, theriacs, titrates, tristate.

-3 letters: achiest, aitches, artiest, artiste, astrict, atheist, athirst, attires, attrite, cahiers, cashier, cattier, catties, cattish, chaster, chatter, chitter, cithers, citrate, cristae, etatist, hastier, hatters, hitters, iratest, rachets, raciest, ratches, ratchet, ratites, rattish, richest, scatter, shatter, staithe, statice, stearic, stretch, stretta, stretti, striate, tachist, tartest, tartish, tastier, tatters, tattier, tatties, theriac, threats, tithers, titrate, titters, trisect, tritest.

-4 letters: achier, airest, airths, arches, artist, ashier, attest, attics, attire, cahier, carets, caries, cartes, caster, caters, cattie, cerias, chairs, chaise, chares, charts, chaser, chaste, cheats, cherts, citers, cither, crates, crista, earths, ericas, eschar, ethics, haters, hatter, hearts, hitter, itches, rachet, rachis, racist, ratite, reacts, recast, riches, sachet, saithe, satire, scathe, search, sitter, stacte, starch, stater, static, steric, stitch, strait, strath, strati, striae, strict, taches, taster, taters, tatter, tattie, terais, tetras, theirs, theist, thetas, thetic, thirst, threat, thrice, titers, tither, tithes, titres, titter, traces, tracts, traits, treats, triacs, trices, triste.

-5 letters: aches, acres, airth, airts, aitch, areic, arise, aster, astir, attic, cares, caret, carse, carte, carts, caste, cater, cates, ceria, cesta, cesti, chair, chare, chars, chart, chase, chats, cheat, chert, chest, chias, chits, cires, citer, cites, crash, crate, crest, cries, earth, erica, escar, ethic, haets, hairs, hares, harts, haste, hater, hates, hears, heart, heats, heirs, heist, hires, irate, ither, races, raise, ratch, rates, rathe, reach, react, recta, recti, retch, retia, rheas, rices, rites, saice, saith, scare, scart, scatt, serac, serai, share, shear, shier, shire, shirt, sitar, stair, stare, start, state, stich, stria, taces, tacet, tache, tachs, tacit, tacts, tahrs, tares, tarsi, tarts, taste, tater, tates, teach, tears, teats, tecta, terai, testa, teths, tetra, theca, their, theta, tiers, tires, titer, tithe, titre, trace, tract, trait, trash, treat, trets, triac, trice, tries, trite.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-r-s-t-t-t"
 

+2 letters: thermostatic.

 

+3 letters: featherstitch, tritheistical.

 

+4 letters: authenticators, osteoarthritic, straightjacket, stretchability.

 

+5 letters: featherstitched, featherstitches, straightjackets, theatricalities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TETRASTICH


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 45 54 52 41 53 54 49 43 48

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .    -    .-.    .-    ...    -    ..    -.-.    ....

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01000101 01010100 01010010 01000001 01010011 01010100 01001001 01000011 01001000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#69 &#84 &#82 &#65 &#83 &#84 &#73 &#67 &#72

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0045 0054 0052 0041 0053 0054 0049 0043 0048

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54395452355354433742

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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