dipody

American  

[dip-uh-dee] / ˈdɪp ə di /

noun

Prosody.

plural

dipodies

1. a group of two feet in English poetry, in which one of the two accented syllables bears primary stress and the other bears secondary stress, used as a prosodic measurement in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse.

2. a prosodic measurement of two feet in classical Greek and Latin poetry.

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dipody British  

/ ˈdɪpədɪ /

noun

1. prosody a metrical unit consisting of two feet

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Other Word Forms

• dipodic adjective

Etymology

Origin of dipody

1835–45; < Late Latin dipodia < Greek: the quality of having two feet, equivalent to dipod- (stem of dípous ) two-footed ( di- ¹, -pod ) + -ia -y ³