spondee

[ spon-dee ]

/ ˈspɒn di /

noun Prosody.

a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter. Symbol: 

Origin of spondee

1350–1400; Middle English sponde<Latin spondēus<Greek spondeîos, derivative of spondḗ libation

Words nearby spondee

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

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Example sentences from the Web for spondee

Rather, remarked Spondee, let us fare forward upon this street and see what happens.
Pipefuls|Christopher Morley
Now the medium of these is about fourteen syllables; because the dactyle is a more frequent foot in hexameters than the spondee.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals|John Dryden
The Spondee, a foot of two long syllables, when admitted into the Iambic measure, adds much to the solemnity of the movement.
Dissertation on the English Language|Noah Webster, Jr.
Mr. Fabian kneeled like a dactyle: Mr. Jeremiah kneeled like a spondee, or rather like a molossus.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2|Thomas de Quincey

Spondee, who is a critic, is seldom out of this fine man's company.
The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899|George A. Aitken

British Dictionary definitions for spondee

spondee

/ (ˈspɒndiː) /

noun

prosody a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (– –)

Word Origin for spondee

C14: from Old French spondée, from Latin spondēus, from Greek spondeios, from spondē a ritual libation; from the use of spondee in the music that characteristically accompanied such ceremonies

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Medical definitions for spondee

spondee

[ spŏn′dē′ ]

n.

A word or metrical foot having two equally stressed syllables, used in testing speech and hearing.

单词	spondee
释义	spondee [ spon-dee ] / ˈspɒn di / noun Prosody. a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter. Symbol:  Origin of spondee 1350–1400; Middle English sponde<Latin spondēus<Greek spondeîos, derivative of spondḗ libation Words nearby spondee spokewise, spolia opima, spoliate, spoliation, spondaic, spondee, spondulicks, spondulix, spondylalgia, spondylarthritis, spondylitis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spondee Rather, remarked Spondee, let us fare forward upon this street and see what happens. Pipefuls\|Christopher Morley Now the medium of these is about fourteen syllables; because the dactyle is a more frequent foot in hexameters than the spondee. Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals\|John Dryden The Spondee, a foot of two long syllables, when admitted into the Iambic measure, adds much to the solemnity of the movement. Dissertation on the English Language\|Noah Webster, Jr. Mr. Fabian kneeled like a dactyle: Mr. Jeremiah kneeled like a spondee, or rather like a molossus. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2\|Thomas de Quincey Spondee, who is a critic, is seldom out of this fine man's company. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899\|George A. Aitken British Dictionary definitions for spondee spondee / (ˈspɒndiː) / noun prosody a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (– –) Word Origin for spondee C14: from Old French spondée, from Latin spondēus, from Greek spondeios, from spondē a ritual libation; from the use of spondee in the music that characteristically accompanied such ceremonies 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 Medical definitions for spondee spondee [ spŏn′dē′ ] n. A word or metrical foot having two equally stressed syllables, used in testing speech and hearing. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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