What does "dactylic" mean?
Dactylic: A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
Additional senses
- 2.pl. Dactylic meters.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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