dactyl

Definitions


[ˈdakt(ɪ)l], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or (in Greek and Latin) one long syllable followed by two short syllables


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek daktulos, literally ‘finger’ (the three bones of the finger corresponding to the three syllables)




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