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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: spondee (0.02040 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spondee
spondee
n : a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spondee
Spondee
\Spon"dee\ (sp[o^]n"d[=e]), n. [L. spondeus, Gr. ? (sc.
?), fr. ? a drink offering, libation, fr. ? to pour out, make
a libation: cf. F. spond['e]e. So called because at libations
slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.]
(Pros.)
A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word
l[=e]g[=e]s.
[1913 Webster]
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