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Trochee

//ˈtɹəʊki// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.

    "‘He made us read James Fenton on the genius of the trochee.’"

  2. 2
    a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French trochée, via Latin trochaeus from the Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), derived from τρέχω (trékhō, “run”).

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