Found 2 items, similar to spondee.
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]