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Priapeans

Priapeans is the plural of Priapean.

Meaning of Priapean

Noun

Priapean (plural Priapeans)

  1. A kind of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three metrical feet each, generally having a trochee in the first and fourth feet and an amphimacer in the third; applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each.

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Questions about Priapeans

What is Priapeans the plural of?
Priapeans is the plural of Priapean.

Words near Priapeans in the dictionary

  1. prianiks
  2. priant
  3. priants
  4. priany
  5. Priapean
  6. Priapeans
  7. priapi
  8. priapic
  9. priapically
  10. priapism
  11. priapismic

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