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Definition of proceleusmatic - 1 dictionary result

proc⋅e⋅leus⋅mat⋅ic

  [pros-uh-loos-mat-ik, proh-suh-]
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–adjective
1. inciting, animating, or inspiring.
2. Prosody.
a. noting a metrical foot of four short syllables.
b. pertaining to or consisting of feet of this kind.
–noun
3. Prosody. a proceleusmatic foot.
Origin:
1700–10; < LL proceleusmaticus < Gk prokeleusmatikós lit., calling for incitement, equiv. to pro- pro- 2 + keleusmat- (s. of kéleusma summons, deriv. of keleúein to rouse to action) + -ikos -ic
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