Archilochian

[ ahr-kuh-loh-kee-uh n ]
/ ˌɑr kəˈloʊ ki ən /

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

1745–55; < Greek archilóchei(os) (equivalent to Archíloch(os) Archilochus + -eios adj. suffix) + -an
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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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