SPONDEE

spondee

(noun) a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

spondee (plural spondees)

(poetry) A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.

Anagrams

• Pedones, depones

Source: Wiktionary


Spon"dee, n. Etym: [L. spondeus, Gr. spondée. So called because at libations slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.] (pros.)

Definition: A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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