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spon·da·ic

(spŏn-dā′ĭk)

adj.

Of, relating to, or consisting of spondees.

[French spondaïque, from Late Latin spondaicus, alteration of spondīacus, from Greek spondeiakos, from spondeios, spondee; see spondee.]

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spondaic

(spɒnˈdeɪɪk)

adj

(Poetry) prosody of, relating to, or consisting of spondees

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spon•da•ic

(spɒnˈdeɪ ɪk)

also spon•da′i•cal,

adj.

of, pertaining to, or consisting of spondees.

[1715–25]

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spondaic - of or consisting of spondees; "spondaic hexameter"

metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification

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