dactyl

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | – ⏖ |:
2. noun In qualitative metre, a foot with a stressed first syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
3. noun In quantitative metre, a foot with a long first syllable followed by two short syllables.
4. noun An excerpt of poetry or verse using this metre.

Similar words

digit dactyle dactile dactylus double dactyl double-dactyl dactylion dactylist diiambus dactyly

Often followed by

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Word family

dactylic dactylics dactyls