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dactyl
Part of speech: NounA metrical foot, consisting of one long or accented, and two short or unaccented, syllables.
Part of speech: Adjective Usage examples "dactyl":- The whirling circles suggested by the dactyl, with the occasional passionate break of a single accented word or syllable at the end of a line, assist the reader. - "Browning and the Dramatic Monologue", S. S. Curry.
- There is not a dactyl in them. - "The Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown.
- To say that the first phrase is made up of a dactyl and two trochees means very little. - "The Principles of English Versification", Paull Franklin Baum.