dactylic
adj.
of or pertaining to a dactyl (division of poetry with an accented syllable before two unaccented syllables)
Dactyl
dactylic
Adjective
1. of or consisting of dactyls; "dactylic meter"
(pertainym) dactyl
(classification) prosody, metrics
Dactylic
(n.)
Dactylic meters.
(n.)
A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
(a.)
Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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