Trochaic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tɹoʊˈkeɪ.ɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Trochaic is an adjective meaning Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
Meaning
Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
More Meanings
- (poetry) A poetical composition of this kind.
Example Sentences
Therefore, in precisely these languages a mechanism could be maintained which preserves the contrast between stressed and unstressed syllables in the trochaic word structure pattern (see 42.3.1) by weakening the onset of a longer or weightier unstressed syllable.
Word Forms
- trochaick
- trochaics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tetrameter, dimeter, septenarius, octameter, catalectic, tetrameters.
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