dibrach

di·brach

[dahy-brak]
noun Prosody.
pyrrhic1 ( def 3 ).

Origin:
< Latin dibrachys < Greek díbrachys a foot of two short syllables, equivalent to di- di-1 + brachýs short; see brachy-

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dibrach

noun
a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables [syn: pyrrhic
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