Dactylic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dactylic \Dac*tyl"ic\ (d[a^]k*t[i^]l"[i^]k), a. [L. dactylicus,
     Gr. daktyliko`s, fr. da`ktylos.]
     Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as,
     dactylic verses.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dactylic \Dac*tyl"ic\, n.
     1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these
        lines are dactylics.
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     2. pl. Dactylic meters.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dactylic
       adj : of or consisting of dactyls; "dactylic meter"