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dactylic
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DACTYLIC
a.Pertaining to or consisting of dactyls; as dactylic verses; a dactylic flute, a flute consisting of unequal intervals.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DACTYLIC
Dac *tyl "ic, a. Etym: [L. dactylicus, Gr. , fr. .]
Defn: Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.
DACTYLIC
DACTYLIC Dac *tyl "ic, n.
1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
2. pl.
Defn: Dactylic meters.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dactylic
dac tyl ic |dakˈtilik dækˈtɪlɪk |Prosody ▶adjective of or using dactyls: dactylic rhythm. ▶noun (usu. dactylics ) dactylic verse. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek daktulikos, from daktulos, literally ‘finger ’ (see dactyl ).
dactylic hexameter
dac |tyl ¦ic hex |am ¦eter ▶noun Prosody a hexameter consisting of five dactyls and either a spondee or trochee, in which any of the first four dactyls, and sometimes the fifth, may be replaced by a spondee.
Oxford Dictionary
dactylic
dactylic |dakˈtɪlɪk |Prosody ▶adjective of or using dactyls: dactylic rhythm. ▶noun (usu. dactylics ) dactylic verse.
dactylic hexameter
dac |tyl ¦ic hex |am ¦eter ▶noun Prosody a hexameter consisting of five dactyls and either a spondee or trochee, in which any of the first four dactyls, and sometimes the fifth, may be replaced by a spondee.
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