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Spondee

//ˈspɒndi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.
  2. 2
    a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables wordnet

Etymology

From Latin spondēus (“spondee”), from Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeîos, “associated with a libation”) from σπονδή (spondḗ, “libation”): spondees were often used in melodies sung at libations.

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