"ditrochee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ditrochees [plural]
Etymology: Latin ditrochaeus, from Ancient Greek. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|ditrochaeus}} Latin ditrochaeus, {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{en-noun}} ditrochee (plural ditrochees)
  1. (poetry) A double trochee; a metrical foot made up of two trochees. Categories (topical): Poetry

Inflected forms

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