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Definition of Priapean

Priapean
Priapean Pri`a*pe"an, n. [Cf. L. Priapeius pertaining to Priapus.] (Lat. Pros.) A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each. --Andrews.

Meaning of Priapean from wikipedia

- combination of a single glyconic and pherecratean is sometimes given the name priapean (Latin: priapeus). It is used in the Appendix Vergiliana (Priapea 3), and...
- Invective Nasty reply to critics Aurelius and Furius 17 Latin English priapean 26 Invective My acquaintance, the utter dunce Verona 21 Latin English hendecasyllabic...
- and Burton) appears to be Catullus fragment 1, which is written in the "Priapean" metre (a type of aeolic). It begins: hunc lū**** tibi dēdicō cōnsecrōque...
- phallus can double as a club. The third poem is composed of 21 lines in Priapean metre (– x – u u – u – | – x – u u – x). In it, the Priapus statue addresses...