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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.

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

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Etymology

Origin of logaoedic

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

Example Sentences

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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 Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Bridges, Robert Seymour

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