ditrochee

noun

di·​trochee

(ˈ)dī+

: a double trochee : a trochaic dipody reckoned as a single measure or compound foot

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin ditrochaeus, from Greek ditrochaios, from di- + trochaios trochee

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