1. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis
   - Adonic line

1. Or relating to or like Adonis 
2. Having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee
   "the verse of the laments is Adonic"

Derived forms: Adonics

See also: Adonis, rhythmic, rhythmical

Type of: verse, verse line

Encyclopedia: Adonic

• somewhat
• somewhen
• somewhere
• somite
• Somme
• Somme River
• sommelier
• sommer
• somnambulate
• somnambulation
• somnambulism
• somnambulist
• somniferous
• somnific
• somniloquism
• somniloquist
• somniloquy
• somnolence
• somnolent
• somnolently
• Somrai
• son
• son of a bitch
• son of a gun
• son-in-law