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(dăk-tĭl′ĭk)

Adj.

[L.

dactylicus

, Gr.

δακτυλικός

, fr.

δάκτυλος

Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls;

as,

dactylic

verses

Noun.

A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls;

as, these lines are

dactylics

pl.

Dactylic meters.

Adj.

Pertaining to or consisting of dactyls; as dactylic verses; a dactylic flute, a flute consisting of unequal intervals.