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adjective
1.
noting or pertaining to a verse consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambi, and an iamb.
noun
2.
an Asclepiadean verse.
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Asclepiadean
has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
Origin:
1700–10; < Greek Asklēpiádei(os) pertaining to Asclepiades, 3rd-century Greek poet to whom the verse was attributed + -an
1700–10; < Greek Asklēpiádei(os) pertaining to Asclepiades, 3rd-century Greek poet to whom the verse was attributed + -an
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