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dactylic
dac·tyl D0003300 (dăk′təl)n.1. a. A metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented, as in flattery.b. A metrical foot in quantitative verse consisting of one long syllable followed by two short syllables.2. A finger, toe, or similar part or structure; a digit.
[Middle English dactil, from Latin dactylus, from Greek daktulos, finger, toe, dactyl (the three syllables of a dactyl being likened to the three phalanges of a finger ).]
dac·tyl′ic (-tĭl′ĭk) adj. & n.dac·tyl′i·cal·ly adv.dactylic (dækˈtɪlɪk) adj (Poetry) of, relating to, or having a dactyl: dactylic verse. n (Poetry) a variant of dactyl1 dacˈtylically advThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | dactylic - of or consisting of dactyls; "dactylic meter"metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification |
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