molossic,a.Prosody.|məʊˈlɒsɪk| [f. moloss-us + -ic.] Of or pertaining to a molossus. 1864H. Bushnell Work & Play i. 34 You distinguish..the solemn, religious spondee, the swift trochaic run of eagerness or fear, the heavy molossic tread of grief or sorrow.1890in Century Dict.