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dip⋅o⋅dy

   [dip-uh-dee]
–noun, plural -dies. Prosody.
a group of two feet, esp., in accentual verse, in which one of the two accented syllables bears primary stress and the other bears secondary stress.
Origin:
1835–45; < LL dipodia < Gk: the quality of having two feet, equiv. to dipod- (s. of dípous) two-footed (see di- 1 , -pod ) + -ia -y 3
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dip·o·dy     (dĭp'ə-dē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. dip·o·dies
A prosodic unit consisting of two feet.


[Late Latin dipodia, from Greek dipodiā, from dipous, two-footed : di-, two; see di-1 + pous, pod-, foot; see -pod.]

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Dipody

Dip"o*dy\, n.; pl. Dipodies. [Gr. ?, fr. ? two-footed; di- = di`s- twice + ?, ?, foot.] (Pros.) Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure. --Hadley.

Trochaic, iambic, and anapestic verses . . . are measured by dipodies. --W. W. Goodwin.

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