adjective
noun
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another word for trochee
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a verse composed of trochees
Other Word Forms
- trochaically adverb
- untrochaic adjective
Etymology
Origin of trochaic
1580–90; < Latin trochaicus < Greek trochaïkós, equivalent to trocha ( îos ) trochee + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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Many other lines in this poem are also iambic or trochaic, yet the subject matter is troubled.
From New York Times
It made “Saturday Night Live” and the David Letterman show; a literary scholar praised its “trochaic rhythm” in the National Review.
From Washington Post
But what endured in public memory far longer than the crime was the headline, with its verbless audacity, arresting parallel adjectives and forceful trochaic slams.
From New York Times
The literary result, “Mud Soup” — a cautionary tale that still pulsates with trochaic abandon — is quoted here at some length in belated contrition:
From New York Times
The regular trochaic tetrameter of these 14 lines gives the figure of Lizzie an emblematic solidity.
From The Guardian
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