Meaning of TROCHEE
| Pronunciation: | | 'trowkee
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| | Definition: | | [n] a metrical unit with stressed-stressed-unstressed syllables |
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| | See Also: | | foot, metrical foot, metrical unit | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tro"chee\, n. [L. trochaeus, Gr. ? (sc.?), from ?
running, from ? to run. Cf. {Troche}, {Truck} a wheel.]
(Pros.)
A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short,
as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the
second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
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