dactylic
(adjective) of or consisting of dactyls; “dactylic meter”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dactylic (comparative more dactylic, superlative most dactylic)
(prosody) of or consisting of dactyls.
dactylic (plural dactylics)
a dactylic verse.
Source: Wiktionary
Dac*tyl"ic, a. Etym: [L. dactylicus, Gr. , fr. .]
Definition: Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.
Dac*tyl"ic, n.
1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
2. pl.
Definition: Dactylic meters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
