logaoedic verse

  • 1logaoedic — I. |lägə|ēdik adjective Etymology: Late Latin logaoedicus, from Late Greek logaoidikos, from log + aoidē music, poetry (from aeidein to sing) + ikos ic more at ode : having a metrical rhythm marked by the mixture of several meters; specifically …

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  • 2logaoedic — /law geuh ee dik, log euh /, Pros. adj. 1. composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose. n. 2. a logaoedic verse. [1835 45; < LL logaoedicus < Gk logaoidikós. See LOG , ODE, IC] * *&#8230; …

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  • 3logaoedic — /lɒgəˈidɪk/ (say loguh eedik) adjective 1. composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapaests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose. –noun 2. a logaoedic verse. {Late Latin logaoedicus, from Greek logaoidikos, from logos&#8230; …

  • 4phalaecean — |falə|sēən noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Greek phalaikeion phalaecean (from Phalaikos Phalaecus, Greek poet) + English an : a hendecasyllabic verse in Greek and Latin prosody that is a glyconic with three additional syllables&#8230; …

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  • 5log|a|oe|dic — «LOG uh EE dihk», adjective, noun. –adj. of poetry: 1. composed of meter combining dactyls and trochees, or anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose. 2. composed of any mixture of meters. –n. a logaoedic verse. ╂[&LT; …

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  • 6List of literary terms — The following is a list of literary terms; that is, those words used in discussion, classification, criticism, and analysis of literature.: See also: Glossary of poetry terms, Literary criticism, Literary theory CompactTOC8 name=Contents&#8230; …

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  • 8Pher|e|cra|te|an — «FEHR uh kruh TEE uhn», adjective, noun. Ancient Prosody. –adj. noting or having to do with a logaoedic tripody, catalectic or acatalectic, whose first or second foot is a dactyl, the others being trochees. –n. a Pherecratean tripody or verse.&#8230; …

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