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dactylists

dactylists is the plural of dactylist.

Meaning of dactylist

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)

Questions about dactylists

What is dactylists the plural of?
Dactylists is the plural of dactylist.

Words near dactylists in the dictionary

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

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