logaoedic

American  

[law-guh-ee-dik, log-uh-] / ˌlɔ gəˈi dɪk, ˌlɒg ə- /

adjective

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

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noun

1. a logaoedic verse.

logaoedic British  

/ ˌlɒɡəˈiːdɪk /

adjective

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

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noun

1. a line or verse of this kind

Etymology

Origin of logaoedic

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

Example Sentences

But they may be mixed and then what the Greeks called a Logaoedic Rhythm arises.

From Project Gutenberg

In Sprung Rhythm, as in logaoedic rhythm generally, the feet are assumed to be equally long or strong and their seeming inequality is made up by pause or stressing.

From Project Gutenberg

And hence Sprung Rhythm differs from Running Rhythm in having or being only one nominal rhythm, a mixed or 'logaoedic' one, instead of three, but on the other hand in having twice the flexibility of foot, so that any two stresses may either follow one another running or be divided by one, two, or three slack syllables.

From Project Gutenberg