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Ae
unknown · 78% connection
A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Amphibrach
noun · 78% connection
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Amphimacer
noun · 78% connection
A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Anapest
noun · 78% connection
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Ante-
unknown · 78% connection
A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Antibacchius
noun · 78% connection
A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Antispast
noun · 78% connection
A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Byzantine
noun · 78% connection
A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Caesura
noun · 78% connection
A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Choriambus
noun · 78% connection
A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or troch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Cretic
noun · 78% connection
A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- / -).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
De-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Dis-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Dispondee
noun · 78% connection
A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Epitrite
noun · 78% connection
A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Eysell
noun · 78% connection
Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Flat foot
unknown · 78% connection
A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
Imparisyllabic
adjective · 78% connection
Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: poetic, foot, long, syllables, latin.
