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hip·po·nac·te·an I. \|hipəˌnak|tēən, -|naktē-\ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Hipponacteus of Hipponax (from Hipponact-, Hipponax, 6th century B.C. Greek poet reputed to have invented the choliamb, from Greek Hippōnakt-, Hippōnax) + English -an : of or relating to Hipponax or to the verse forms ascribed to him; specifically : choliambic II. noun (-s) Usage: usually capitalized : a Hipponactean verse; specifically : a hypercatalectic form of glyconic |