spondaic

[ spon-dey-ik ]

/ spɒnˈdeɪ ɪk /

adjective Prosody.

of or relating to a spondee.

noting or constituting a spondee.

consisting of spondees; characterized by a spondee or spondees.

Sometimes spon·da·i·cal .

Origin of spondaic

1715–25; <Late Latin spondaicus, metathetic variant of spondīacus<Greek spondeiakós, equivalent to spondeî(os) spondee + -akos, variant of -ikos-ic

Words nearby spondaic

spokeswoman, spokewise, spolia opima, spoliate, spoliation, spondaic, spondee, spondulicks, spondulix, spondylalgia, spondylarthritis

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Example sentences from the Web for spondaic

If a line ends with two spondees it is a spondaic hexameter.
Critical & Historical Essays|Edward MacDowell
The result so far attained has been unsatisfactory, for the rhythms are all given as spondaic.
Critical & Historical Essays|Edward MacDowell
His versification is often hard and spondaic, the elisions too frequent, and the csura too much neglected.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1|Henry Hallam
Note also the spondaic effect in the second line, the rime in the third, and the imitative movement in the fourth.
The Principles of English Versification|Paull Franklin Baum

British Dictionary definitions for spondaic

spondaic

/ (spɒnˈdeɪɪk) /

adjective

prosody of, relating to, or consisting of spondees

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单词	spondaic
释义	spondaic [ spon-dey-ik ] / spɒnˈdeɪ ɪk / adjective Prosody. of or relating to a spondee. noting or constituting a spondee. consisting of spondees; characterized by a spondee or spondees. Sometimes spon·da·i·cal . Origin of spondaic 1715–25; <Late Latin spondaicus, metathetic variant of spondīacus<Greek spondeiakós, equivalent to spondeî(os) spondee + -akos, variant of -ikos-ic Words nearby spondaic spokeswoman, spokewise, spolia opima, spoliate, spoliation, spondaic, spondee, spondulicks, spondulix, spondylalgia, spondylarthritis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spondaic If a line ends with two spondees it is a spondaic hexameter. Critical & Historical Essays\|Edward MacDowell The result so far attained has been unsatisfactory, for the rhythms are all given as spondaic. Critical & Historical Essays\|Edward MacDowell His versification is often hard and spondaic, the elisions too frequent, and the csura too much neglected. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1\|Henry Hallam Note also the spondaic effect in the second line, the rime in the third, and the imitative movement in the fourth. The Principles of English Versification\|Paull Franklin Baum British Dictionary definitions for spondaic spondaic / (spɒnˈdeɪɪk) / adjective prosody of, relating to, or consisting of spondees Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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