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Meaning of TROCHAIC

Pronunciation:  trow'keyik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (prosody) of or consisting of trochees; "trochaic dactyl"
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Tro*cha"ic\, n. (Pros.)
    A trochaic verse or measure. --Dryden.
    
  2. \Tro*cha"ic\, Trochaical \Tro*cha"ic*al\, a. [L.
    trocha["i]cus, Gr. ? or ?. See {Trochee}.] (Pros.)
    Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as,
    trochaic measure or verse.
    
 

 

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