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Phalaecean

Phalaecean adjective: of or relating to the poet Phalaecus; being hendecasyllabic and consisting of a spondee, a dactyl and three trochees.

Adjective

Phalaecean

  1. Of or relating to the poet Phalaecus; being hendecasyllabic and consisting of a spondee, a dactyl and three trochees

Origin of Phalaecean

From Latin Phalaecē(us) + -an. By surface analysis, Phalaec(us) + -ean.

Questions about Phalaecean

What does Phalaecean mean?
Phalaecean means of or relating to the poet Phalaecus; being hendecasyllabic and consisting of a spondee, a dactyl and three trochees.
What part of speech is Phalaecean?
Phalaecean is an adjective.

Words near Phalaecean in the dictionary

  1. phalacrids
  2. phalacrocoracid
  3. phalacrocoracids
  4. phalacrocoracine
  5. phalacrosis
  6. Phalaecean
  7. Phalaecus
  8. phalaenid
  9. phalaenids
  10. phalaenophily
  11. phalaenopsid

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