Complete Definition of "dactyl"

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English
Noun
en-noun

  1. A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

Translations
French: dactyle
Spanish: esdrújulo

See also
anapest
spondee

Category:Poetry

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