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

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