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Trochaic

//tɹəˈkeɪ.ɪk// adj, noun

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Adjective

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
of or consisting of trochees wordnet

Noun

1
A poetical composition of this kind.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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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