logaoedic

[ law-guh-ee-dik, log-uh- ]

adjective

1. composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose.

noun

1. a logaoedic verse.

logaoedic

/ ˌlɒɡəˈiːdɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to verse in which mixed metres are combined within a single line to give the effect of prose

noun

1. a line or verse of this kind

Word History and Origins

Origin of logaoedic¹

1835–45; < Late Latin logaoedicus < Greek logaoidikós. See log-, ode, -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of logaoedic¹

C19: via Late Latin from Greek logaoidikos, from logos speech + aoidē poetry