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单词 phaleucian
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Phaleucianadj.n.

Brit. /fəˈl(j)uːsɪən/, /fəˈl(j)uːʃn/, U.S. /fəˈl(j)uʃən/
Forms: 1500s Phaleusian, 1600s Phalencium (transmission error), 1600s– Phaleucian.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Phaleucius , -an suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin Phaleucius (6th cent.), alteration of classical Latin Phalaecius (see Phalaecean adj.) + -an suffix. With use as noun compare post-classical Latin Phaleucium (6th cent.), Middle French, French Phaleuce (1552).
Classical Prosody.
Designating (a line in) an ancient metre consisting of a spondee, a dactyl, and three trochees. Also as n.: a line, verse, etc., in Phaleucian metre. Now rare.
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1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (vi. 1) As if a man woold terme it a Saphicke, or Phaleusian verse.
1639 J. Shirley Maides Revenge i. sig. B3v I can..Sting with Phaleucians [printed Phalenciums][,] whip with Saphicks.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Phaleucian verse.
1711 J. Hunter New Method Teaching Latine Tongue 103 Phaleucian Verses.
1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia I. 87 I think she has injured the phaleucian verse, by transposing one foot, and throwing it backward.
1903 Scott. Hist. Rev. Oct. 38 The fourth epitaph is described as in ‘Phaleucian verse’ that is in lines of eleven syllables.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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