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dipodic

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dip⋅o⋅dy

  [dip-uh-dee]
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–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

Related forms:
di⋅pod⋅ic  [dahy-pod-ik] , adjective
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