ditrochee

[ dahy-troh-kee ]

noun

, Prosody.

1. a form of poetic meter in which two trochees constitute one metrical unit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ditrochee¹

1700–10; < Latin ditrochaeus < Greek ditróchaios, equivalent to di- di- ¹ + trochaîos trochee

Example Sentences

Ditrochee, dī-trō′kē, n. a trochaic dipody.—adj.

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