trochaic
(adjective) of or consisting of trochees; “trochaic dactyl”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
trochaic (not comparable)
Referring to poetry composed of trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
trochaic (plural trochaics)
A poetical composition of this kind.
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Source: Wiktionary
Tro*cha"ic, n. (Pros.)
Definition: A trochaic verse or measure. Dryden.
Tro*cha"ic, Tro*cha"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. trochaĂŻcus, Gr. Trochee.] (Pros.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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.
