TROCHEE

trochee

(noun) a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

trochee (plural trochees)

A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

Source: Wiktionary


Tro"chee, n. Etym: [L. trochaeus, Gr. Troche, Truck a wheel.] (Pros.)

Definition: A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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