- paeonic
- pae·on·ic
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paeonic
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paeonic — I. (ˈ)pē|änik adjective Etymology: Late Latin paeonicus, from Greek paiōnikos, from paiōn paeon + ikos ic : of, relating to, or having the meter of a paeon : hemiolic II. noun ( s) … Useful english dictionary
Cretic — Metrical feet Disyllables ˘ ˘ pyrrhus, dibrach ˘ ¯ iamb … Wikipedia
paeon — [ pi:ən] noun a metrical foot of one long syllable and three short syllables in any order. Derivatives paeonic pi: ɒnɪk adjective Origin C17: via L. from Gk paiōn, the Attic form of paian (see paean) … English new terms dictionary
paeon — n. metrical foot of one long and three short syllables or one stressed and these unstressed syllables. ♦ paeonic, n. & a … Dictionary of difficult words
hemiolic — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|älik adjective Etymology: Latin hemiolius (from Greek hēmiolios) + English ic in classical prosody of, relating to, or characterized by the proportion of three to two; especially : characterized by such a proportion between thesis and… … Useful english dictionary
paeon — n. a metrical foot of one long syllable and three short syllables in any order. Derivatives: paeonic adj. Etymology: L f. Gk paion, the Attic form of paian PAEAN … Useful english dictionary
