Definition of trochee

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Trochee (n.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus..

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Ditrochean :: Ditrochean (a.) Containing two trochees.
Trochaical :: Trochaical (a.) Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse..
Priapean :: Priapean (n.) A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each..
Logaoedic :: Logaoedic (a.) Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.
Ditrochee :: Ditrochee (n.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.
Choriambus :: Choriambus (n.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united..
Choree :: Choree (n.) a trochee.
Trochee :: Trochee (n.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus..
Sapphic :: Sapphic (a.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; -- said of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl..
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