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logaoedic

[law-guh-ee-dik, log-uh-]

adjective

composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose.

noun

a logaoedic verse.

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Origin:
1835–45; < Late Latin logaoedicus < Greek logaoidikós. See log-, ode, -ic

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logaoedic ((in classical prosody) ˌlɒɡəˈiːdɪk)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to verse in which mixed metres are combined within a single line to give the effect of prose

—n
2.	a line or verse of this kind

[C19: via Late Latin from Greek logaoidikos, from logos speech + aoidē poetry]

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