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dactylic

[ dak-til-ik ]

adjective

  1. of, containing, or characterized by dactyls:

    dactylic hexameter; a dactylic line.

  2. of a dactyl.

noun

  1. a dactylic verse.

dactylic

/ dækˈtɪlɪk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or having a dactyl

    dactylic verse

“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

noun

  1. a variant of dactyl
“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
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Derived Forms

  • dacˈtylically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • dac·tyli·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dactylic1

1580–90; < Latin dactylicus < Greek daktylikós. See dactyl, -ic
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Example Sentences

This may occur when the accent is on the first syllable of a foot; that is, when the foot is trochaic or dactylic.

Without such dactylic movement, the vocal expression of a pathos so intense would be hardly possible to the human voice.

In dactylic hexameter how many of these feet are there in a line?

Yet it is only by mere accident that Homer dealt with gods, wars, mythical events and employed dactylic hexameter.

A great variety of verses is used in the epitaphs, but the dactylic hexameter and the elegiac are the favorites.

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