ASYNARTETE

Etymology

Adjective

asynartete (not comparable)

disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.

(poetic) Being or relating to a verse of two members, having different rhythms, as for example when the first consists of iambuses and the second of trochees.

Noun

asynartete (plural asynartetes)

(poetic) A verse of this kind.

Source: Wiktionary


A*syn"ar*tete`, a. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.

– A*syn"ar*tet"ic, a. Asynartete verse (Pros.), a verse of two members, having different rhythms; as when the first consists of iambuses and the second of trochees.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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