trochaic
IPA: trˈɑtʃˈeɪɪk
noun
- A poetical composition of this kind.
adjective
- Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
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Examples of "trochaic" in Sentences
- So it is neither trochaic or iambic.
- Put simply, we speak in trochaic verse.
- Trochaic tetrameter is a meter in poetry.
- Now let's have one in Trochaic octameter.
- It refers to a line of four trochaic feet.
- Trochaic octameter is a rarely used meter.
- They spoke trochaic, giving them an eery sound.
- The final four syllables form a trochaic cadence.
- I would call this a trochaic tetrameter catalectic.
- It lyrically speaks prose in a form of trochaic heptameter.