Archilochian
[ ahr-kuh-loh-kee-uhn ]
/ ˌɑr kəˈloʊ ki ən /
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adjective Prosody.
of or relating to a form of poetic meter devised by the Greek Archilochus in which various types of meter are combined in the same line or couplet, as a dactylic tetrameter plus a trochaic tripody.
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Origin of Archilochian
Words nearby Archilochian
Archie Bunker, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopal, archiepiscopate, archil, Archilochian, Archilochus, archimage, archimandrite, Archimedean, Archimedean solid
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British Dictionary definitions for Archilochian
Archilochian
/ (ˌɑːkɪˈləʊkɪən) /
adjective
denoting or relating to the 7th century bc Greek poet Archilochus or his verse, esp the iambic trimeters or trochaic tetrameters used by him
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