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spondaic

[spon-dey-ik]

adjective Prosody.

of or pertaining to a spondee.

noting or constituting a spondee.

consisting of spondees; characterized by a spondee or spondees.

Also, spon·da·i·cal.

Origin:
1715–25; < Late Latin spondaicus, metathetic variant of spondīacus < Greek spondeiakós, equivalent to spondeî(os) spondee + -akos, variant of -ikos -ic

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spondaic (spɒnˈdeɪɪk)

—*adj*
	prosody of, relating to, or consisting of spondees

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