Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dactylic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dactylic \Dac*tyl"ic\, a. [L. dactylicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?.]
Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as,
dactylic verses.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dactylic \Dac*tyl"ic\, n.
1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these
lines are dactylics.
2. pl. Dactylic meters.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dactylic
adj : (prosody) of or consisting of dactyls; "dactylic meter"
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