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double-dactyl

double-dactyl is the alternative form of double dactyl.

Meaning of double dactyl

Noun

double dactyl (plural double dactyls)

  1. A short, usually humorous poem with eight lines in dactylic meter; a higgledy-piggledy.
    • Higgledy-piggledies are more sophisticated than clerihews: they comprise double dactyls and rhymes and aren't always biographical.1980, Gyles Brandreth, The Joy of Lex, page 123

Forms of double-dactyl

pluraldouble-dactyls

Questions about double-dactyl

What is double-dactyl the alternative form of?
Double-dactyl is the alternative form of double dactyl.

Words near double-dactyl in the dictionary

  1. double-crosses
  2. double-crossing
  3. double-crossings
  4. double-crostic
  5. double-crostics
  6. double-dactyl
  7. double-dactyls
  8. double-date
  9. double-dated
  10. double-dates
  11. double-dating

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