What does trochee mean?
Trochee means A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable..
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/ˈtɹəʊki/ · noun
A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable..
‘He made us read James Fenton on the genius of the trochee.’
Use trochee when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Trochee means A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
‘He made us read James Fenton on the genius of the trochee.’
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