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ditrochee

[ dahy-troh-kee ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ditrochee1

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

Ditrochee, dī-trō′kē, n. a trochaic dipody.—adj.

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