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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 spondeesplay

  Familiarity information: SPONDAIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPONDAIC (adjective)


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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