LOGAOEDIC

Etymology

Adjective

logaoedic (not comparable)

(poetry) Of a meter between song and common speech, typically having two dactyls followed by two trochees.

Source: Wiktionary


Log`a*oed"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Gr. Pros.)

Definition: Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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