Glyconic

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

  Glyconic \Gly*con"ic\, a. [Gr. ? a kind of verse, so called from
     its inventor, Glycon.] (Pros.)
     Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; --
     applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry. -- n.
     (Pros.) A glyconic verse.
     [1913 Webster]