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Archilochian

[ ahr-kuh-loh-kee-uhn ]

adjective

, Prosody.
  1. of or relating to a form of poetic meter devised by the Greek Archilochus in which various types of meter are combined in the same line or couplet, as a dactylic tetrameter plus a trochaic tripody.


Archilochian

/ ˌɑːkɪˈləʊkɪən /

adjective

  1. denoting or relating to the 7th century bc Greek poet Archilochus or his verse, esp the iambic trimeters or trochaic tetrameters used by him


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Archilochian1

1745–55; < Greek archilóchei ( os ) (equivalent to Archíloch ( os ) Archilochus + -eios adj. suffix) + -an

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