spondee

Definitions


[ˈspɒndiː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek spondeios (pous) ‘(foot) of a libation’, from spondē ‘libation’ (being characteristic of music accompanying libations)




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