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Antonyms for dactylic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dak-til-ik
Phonetic Transcription : dækˈtɪl ɪk


Definition of dactylic

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Latin dactylicus, from Greek daktylikos, from daktylos "pertaining to a dactyl" (see dactyl).
  • As in poetic : adj with rhythm and beauty; related to poetic composition
  • As in poetical : adj poetic
Example sentences :
  • In dactylic hexameter how many of these feet are there in a line?
  • Extract from : « The Chautauquan, Vol. III, January 1883 » by The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
  • The metre of the song is dactylic; the accents being on the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th syllables.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of the Lake » by Sir Walter Scott
  • That is, if he ever was an infant, and called for his bottle in dactylic hexameter.
  • Extract from : « Winning His "W" » by Everett Titsworth Tomlinson
  • Dactylic lines are not common except in the imitations of the classical hexameter.
  • Extract from : « The Principles of English Versification » by Paull Franklin Baum
  • Young gentlemen, there's a capital start on a fine, sonorous line, dactylic hexameter.
  • Extract from : « From School to Battle-field » by Charles King
  • Thus in the Greek Hexameter the dactylic lines—those most abounding in dactyls—serve best to convey the idea of rapid motion.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 » by Various
  • A dactylic origin of V as an open hand, complete with outstretched thumb, has been favoured.
  • Extract from : « Dactylography » by Henry Faulds
  • Dolichurus, dol-i-kū′rus, n. a dactylic hexameter with a redundant syllable at the end, the sixth foot being a dactyl.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • Miurus, mī-ū′rus, n. a dactylic hexameter with short penultimate syllable.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
  • The Dactylic Pentameter consists of two parts, each of which contains two dactyls, followed by a long syllable.
  • Extract from : « New Latin Grammar » by Charles E. Bennett

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