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The meaning of the word "Dactylic" in English


Dactylic a. : Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.

Dactylic n. : A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.

Dactylic n. : Dactylic meters.

Example:
Is there an english version of the Iliad that retains the original Dactylic hexameter verse?

Taxonomy
dactyl, Double dactyl, free encyclopedia, elegiac poetry, stressed syllable, unstressed syllables, human finger, dactylic hexameter, search, Gr, quantitative verse, Greek, long syllable, accentual verse, the New York Times, New York Times Crossword, Crossword Puzzle, dactylic tetrameter.

Defination from the web:
dactylic meter is the first line of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Evangeline, which is in dactylic hexameter: This is the / forest prim- / eval. ... Written in dactylic tetrameter, the verses of the song have the rhythm of a waltz. The word "skies" takes up a full three beats. ... 

synonyms
  (adjective) foot
  (adjective) metrical foot
related terms
  (adjective) metrical unit


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