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