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Webster 1913 Edition
Cretic
Cre′tic
(krē′tĭk)
, Noun.
[L.
Creticus
(sc. pes
foot), Gr. Κριτικόσ
(sc. πούσ
foot), prop., a Cretan (metrical) foot.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.)
A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- ˘ -).
Bentley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cretic
CRETIC
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cretic
cretic
English
Adjective
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In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream the fairy speaks: "Over hill, Over Dale." (Thus the line has six syllables and naturally is spoken as "OV-er HILL/OV-er DALE.") |
cretic (not comparable)
- Using or relating to a metrical pattern of poetry where each foot is composed of three syllables, the first and third of which are stressed and the second is unstressed. This pattern is very rare in English poetry.
Noun
cretic (plural cretics)
- A verse of this kind.