Example sentences from the Web for cretic

Cicero preferred the cretic – ∪ – which he says is the metrical equivalent of the paean.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3|Various
The Kaiser supplied him with these figures, just as the Cretic approached Morocco.
The Education of Henry Adams|Henry Adams
Yes, to the Cretic, which left dock the very night in which we are so deeply interested.
The Golden Slipper|Anna Katharine Green
The metre is dochmiac, each dochmius consisting of an iambus followed by a cretic, .
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro

cretic

/ (ˈkriːtɪk) /

noun

prosody a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first long, the second short, and the third long (– ◡ –)Also called: amphimacer Compare amphibrach

Word Origin for cretic

C16: from Latin crēticus consisting of the amphimacer, literally: Cretan, from Greek krētikos, from Krētē Crete

Words nearby cretic

cresylic, cretaceous, Cretan, Cretan bull, Crete, cretic, cretin, cretinism, cretinize, cretonne, cretons

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单词	cretic
释义	Example sentences from the Web for cretic Cicero preferred the cretic – ∪ – which he says is the metrical equivalent of the paean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3\|Various The Kaiser supplied him with these figures, just as the Cretic approached Morocco. The Education of Henry Adams\|Henry Adams Yes, to the Cretic, which left dock the very night in which we are so deeply interested. The Golden Slipper\|Anna Katharine Green The metre is dochmiac, each dochmius consisting of an iambus followed by a cretic, . The Modes of Ancient Greek Music\|David Binning Monro cretic / (ˈkriːtɪk) / noun prosody a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first long, the second short, and the third long (– ◡ –)Also called: amphimacer Compare amphibrach Word Origin for cretic C16: from Latin crēticus consisting of the amphimacer, literally: Cretan, from Greek krētikos, from Krētē Crete Words nearby cretic cresylic, cretaceous, Cretan, Cretan bull, Crete, cretic, cretin, cretinism, cretinize, cretonne, cretons Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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