Definition of Trochaic. Meaning of Trochaic. Synonyms of Trochaic

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Definition of Trochaic

Trochaic
Trochaic Tro*cha"ic, n. (Pros.) A trochaic verse or measure. --Dryden.
Trochaic
Trochaic Tro*cha"ic, Trochaical Tro*cha"ic*al, a. [L. trocha["i]cus, Gr. ? or ?. See Trochee.] (Pros.) Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse.

Meaning of Trochaic from wikipedia

- considered to be a trochee. The adjective form is trochaic. The English word trochee is itself trochaic since it is composed of the stressed syllable /ˈtroʊ/...
- In English poetry, trochaic tetrameter is a meter featuring lines composed of four trochaic feet. The etymology of trochaic derives from the Gr**** trokhaios...
- Trochaic octameter is a poetic meter with eight trochaic metrical feet per line. Each foot has one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable...
- In ancient Gr**** and Latin literature, the trochaic septenarius (also known as the trochaic tetrameter catalectic) is a form of ancient poetic metre first...
- of "da DUM", a trochaic substitution would introduce a foot of "DUM da". In a line of verse that normally employs iambic meter, trochaic substitution describes...
- Bengali, stress is predominantly initial. Bengali words are virtually all trochaic; the primary stress falls on the initial syllable of the word, while secondary...
- pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj Kāmil Mutaqārib Madīd...
- two-feet anapaest with a feminine internal rhyme, and lines two and four in trochaic octameter with masculine rhymes: AA–B–CC–B. The poem is written from the...
- also used as a more general expletive or intensifier. Insertion of the trochaic word ****ing can also be used as an exercise for diagnosing the cadence...
- pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj Kāmil Mutaqārib Madīd...