trochaicadj.n.

/trəʊˈkeɪɪk/

Etymology: < French trochaïque (c1550 in Godefroy Compl.), or < Latin trochaicus , < Greek τροχαικός , < τροχαῖος : see trochee n.

Prosody.

A. adj.

1. Of a verse, rhythm, etc.: Consisting of, characterized by, or based on trochees.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > composed in feet > trochaic

trochaic1589

trochaical1755

choreic1883

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiii. 102 Verses where the sharpe accent falles vpon the first and third, and so make the verse wholly Trochaicke.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 82 The dialogue admitted, occasionally, Trochaic verses.

1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 190 (note) In the structure of the comic trochaic tetrameter catalectic, the nice points of tragic verse are freely neglected.

2. Of a foot, etc.: Of the nature of a trochee; consisting of a long (or an accented) followed by a short (or an unaccented) syllable. trochaic spondee, a spondee having the accent or ictus upon the first syllable.

ΚΠ

1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. x. 213 An intermixture of those different feet (iambic and trochaïc particularly) into which our language naturally falls.

1827 J. Tate in J. W. Donaldson Buckham's Theatre of Greeks (ed. 2) ii. iii. 426 In the two following lines will be found specimens of..the Trochaic Spondee in all its places.

1888 H. W. Chandler Greek Accent. (ed. 2) i. i. 2 A word with a trochaic ending and accented penultimate must be properispome.

B. n.

A trochaic verse or foot.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > trochee

choree1586

trochee1589

trochaic1693

long short1875

1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxvi One Poem consisted only of Hexameters; and another was entirely of Iambiques; a third of Trochaiques.

1772 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) I. ii. 54 He conjures the powers below in beautiful trochaics.

1827 J. Tate in J. W. Donaldson Buckham's Theatre of Greeks (ed. 2) ii. iii. 427 This nicety of structure in the long Trochaic of Tragedy.

Derivatives

troˈchaical adj. rare (literal and figurative)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > composed in feet > trochaic

trochaic1589

trochaical1755

choreic1883

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Trochaical, consisting of trochees.

1930 R. Campbell Poems 10 Jack Squire through his own teardrops sploshes In his great flat trochaical goloshes.

trochaiˈcality n. trochaic character.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > trochee > trochaic character

trochaicality1910

1910 Sat. Rev. 18 June 791/1 A trochee of quite excessive trochaicality.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	trochaic
释义	trochaicadj.n. /trəʊˈkeɪɪk/ Etymology: < French trochaïque (c1550 in Godefroy Compl.), or < Latin trochaicus , < Greek τροχαικός , < τροχαῖος : see trochee n. Prosody. A. adj. 1. Of a verse, rhythm, etc.: Consisting of, characterized by, or based on trochees. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > composed in feet > trochaic trochaic1589 trochaical1755 choreic1883 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiii. 102 Verses where the sharpe accent falles vpon the first and third, and so make the verse wholly Trochaicke. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 82 The dialogue admitted, occasionally, Trochaic verses. 1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians 190 (note) In the structure of the comic trochaic tetrameter catalectic, the nice points of tragic verse are freely neglected. 2. Of a foot, etc.: Of the nature of a trochee; consisting of a long (or an accented) followed by a short (or an unaccented) syllable. trochaic spondee, a spondee having the accent or ictus upon the first syllable. ΚΠ 1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. x. 213 An intermixture of those different feet (iambic and trochaïc particularly) into which our language naturally falls. 1827 J. Tate in J. W. Donaldson Buckham's Theatre of Greeks (ed. 2) ii. iii. 426 In the two following lines will be found specimens of..the Trochaic Spondee in all its places. 1888 H. W. Chandler Greek Accent. (ed. 2) i. i. 2 A word with a trochaic ending and accented penultimate must be properispome. B. n. A trochaic verse or foot. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > trochee choree1586 trochee1589 trochaic1693 long short1875 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxvi One Poem consisted only of Hexameters; and another was entirely of Iambiques; a third of Trochaiques. 1772 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) I. ii. 54 He conjures the powers below in beautiful trochaics. 1827 J. Tate in J. W. Donaldson Buckham's Theatre of Greeks (ed. 2) ii. iii. 427 This nicety of structure in the long Trochaic of Tragedy. Derivatives troˈchaical adj. rare (literal and figurative) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > composed in feet > trochaic trochaic1589 trochaical1755 choreic1883 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Trochaical, consisting of trochees. 1930 R. Campbell Poems 10 Jack Squire through his own teardrops sploshes In his great flat trochaical goloshes. trochaiˈcality n. trochaic character. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > trochee > trochaic character trochaicality1910 1910 Sat. Rev. 18 June 791/1 A trochee of quite excessive trochaicality. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.n.1589
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