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ditrochean

ditrochean adjective: consisting of two trochees.

Adjective

ditrochean (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of two trochees.
    • As has been said above, the quadrisyllable is hard to pronounce without giving to the ear a ditrochean sound.1951, AH Ashcroft, “Vergil's Hexameter Line”, in Greece and Rome, volumes 20-22, page 110
    • Among adjectival forms, "dactylic" is dactylic in one pronunciation and " ditrochean" (why not "ditrochaic" ?) is ditrochean.1976, Albert Ross Eckler, Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics

Origin of ditrochean

From di- + trochee + -an.

Questions about ditrochean

What does ditrochean mean?
Ditrochean means consisting of two trochees.
What part of speech is ditrochean?
Ditrochean is an adjective.

Words near ditrochean in the dictionary

  1. ditriglyphs
  2. ditrigonal
  3. ditrigonally
  4. ditritium
  5. ditrochaic
  6. ditrochean
  7. ditrochee
  8. ditrochees
  9. ditroite
  10. ditroites
  11. ditrysian

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