Trochaic

//tɹəˈkeɪ.ɪk// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A poetical composition of this kind.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. not-comparable

    "Therefore, in precisely these languages a mechanism could be maintained which preserves the contrast between stressed and unstressed syllables in the trochaic word structure pattern (see 42.3.1) by weakening the onset of a longer or weightier unstressed syllable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or consisting of trochees wordnet

Synonyms

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iambicmeasuredmetricmetricalpyrrhicrhythmic

Antonyms

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iambic

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"Therefore, in precisely these languages a mechanism could be maintained which preserves the contrast between stressed and unstressed syllables in the trochaic word structure pattern (see 42.3.1) by weakening the onset of a longer or weightier unstressed syllable."

Etymology

Either via the French trochaïque or directly from its etymon, the Latin trochaicus, from the Ancient Greek τροχαικός (trokhaikós), from τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), whence trochee.

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