Dactyl

Quick meaning: Dactyl is a noun meaning A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

Meaning

A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

Example Sentences

—My name is absurd too: Malachi Mulligan, two dactyls. But it has a Hellenic ring, hasn't it?

Now the Bard, glad to get an audience, […] / stuck fast with his first hexameter, / Not one of all whose gouty feet would stir. // But ere the spavin'd dactyls could be spurr'd / Into recitative, in great dismay / Both cherubim and seraphim were heard / To murmur loudly through their long array; […]

Word Forms

• dactyls
• dactyle
• dactile

Synonyms for dactyl

Depending on context, synonyms include digit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include digit, dactyle, dactile, dactylus, dactylion, dactylist.

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