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spon⋅da⋅ic

  [spon-dey-ik]
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–adjective Prosody.
1. of or pertaining to a spondee.
2. noting or constituting a spondee.
3. consisting of spondees; characterized by a spondee or spondees.
Also, spon⋅da⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1715–25; < LL spondaicus, metathetic var. of spondīacus < Gk spondeiakós, equiv. to spondeî(os) spondee + -akos, var. of -ikos -ic
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spon·da·ic   (spŏn-dā'ĭk)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or consisting of spondees.

[French spondaïque, from Late Latin spondaicus, alteration of spondīacus, from Greek spondeiakos, from spondeios, spondee; see spondee.]
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