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Webster 1913 Edition

Trochaic

Tro-cha′ic

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Noun.

(Pros.)

A trochaic verse or measure.

Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Trochaic

TROCHA'IC

Definition 2024

trochaic

trochaic

English

Alternative forms

troch. abbreviation
trochaick obsolete

Adjective

trochaic ‎(not comparable)

Referring to poetry composed of trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

Translations

referring to poetry composed of trochees

French: trochaïque (fr) m, f
German: trochäisch

Serbo-Croatian: tròhējskī (sh)

Noun

trochaic ‎(plural trochaics)

A poetical composition of this kind.

Anagrams

thoracic