scazon

noun

sca·​zon

ˈskāzᵊn

plural -s

: a classical verse with a limping or halting movement:

a

: choliamb

b

: a trochaic tetrameter with protraction in the seventh foot : hipponactean

Word History

Etymology

Latin scazont-, scazon, from Greek skazont-, skazōn, literally, one that limps, from present participle of skazein to limp

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