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SPONDAIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spondaic mean?
• SPONDAIC (adjective)
The adjective SPONDAIC has 1 sense:
1. of or consisting of spondees
Familiarity information: SPONDAIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or consisting of spondees
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
spondaic hexameter
Domain category:
metrics; prosody (the study of poetic meter and the art of versification)
Pertainym:
spondee (a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables)
Derivation:
spondee (a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables)
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