Thesaurus: trochee
A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
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Definitions
- n. A word/foot">foot of two word/syllables">syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
- n. a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
- A word/foot">foot of two word/syllables">syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
- A word/foot">foot of two word/syllables">syllables, the first long and the second short,as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the secondunaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
- n. a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables