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Dactylics

[dak-til-ik]

Origin

adjective

1.

of, containing, or characterized by dactyls: dactylic hexameter; a dactylic line.

2.

of a dactyl.

noun

3.

a dactylic verse.

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Origin:
1580–90; < Latin dactylicus < Greek daktylikós. See dactyl, -ic

Related forms

dac·tyl·i·cal·ly, adverb

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dactylic

1580s, from L. dactylicus, from Gk. daktylikos, from daktylos (see dactyl).

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