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

• unseeing
• unseeingly
• unseemliness
• unseemly
• unseen
• unsegmented
• unsegregated
• unselected
• unselective
• unselfconscious
• unselfconsciously
• unselfconsciousness
• unselfish
• unselfishly
• unselfishness
• unsensational
• unsensible
• unsent
• unsentimental
• unsentimentally
• unserviceable
• unservile
• unset
• unsettle
• unsettled