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dactylist

dactylist noun: a writer of dactylic verse.

Noun

dactylist (plural dactylists)

  1. A writer of dactylic verse.
    • For these following efforts, composed more or less off-the-cuff, I make no greater claim than that they serve my present purpose, which is to challenge the dogmatic anapaestists and dactylists alike.1978, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Forms of dactylist

pluraldactylists

Origin of dactylist

From dactyl + -ist.

Questions about dactylist

What does dactylist mean?
Dactylist means a writer of dactylic verse.
What part of speech is dactylist?
Dactylist is a noun.
What is the plural of dactylist?
The plural of dactylist is dactylists.

Words near dactylist in the dictionary

  1. dactyliography
  2. dactyliology
  3. dactyliomancy
  4. dactylion
  5. dactylions
  6. dactylist
  7. dactylists
  8. dactylitic
  9. dactylitis
  10. dactylo-
  11. dactylocampsis

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