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ditrochee

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[dahy-troh-kee] / ˈdaɪˌtroʊ ki /

noun

Prosody.
  1. a form of poetic meter in which two trochees constitute one metrical unit.


Etymology

Origin of ditrochee

1700–10; < Latin ditrochaeus < Greek ditróchaios, equivalent to di- di- 1 + trochaîos trochee


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