dibrach

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[dahy-brak] / ˈdaɪ bræk /

noun

Prosody.

1. pyrrhic.

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Etymology

Origin of dibrach

< Latin dibrachys < Greek díbrachys a foot of two short syllables, equivalent to di- di- ¹ + brachýs short; see brachy-

Example Sentences

“And yēt,” is a complete iambus; but anyet is, like spirit, a dibrach u u, trocheized, however, by the arsis or first accent damping, though not extinguishing, the second.

From Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor