Dactylic

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:53:23

Dac*tyl"ic (?), a. [L. dactylicus, Gr. , fr. .]

Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.

 

© Webster 1913.

Dac*tyl"ic, n.

1.

A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.

2. pl.

Dactylic meters.

 

© Webster 1913.

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