ditrochee

[ dahy-troh-kee ]
/ ˈdaɪˌtroʊ ki /

noun Prosody.

a form of poetic meter in which two trochees constitute one metrical unit.

Origin of ditrochee

1700–10; < Latin ditrochaeus < Greek ditróchaios, equivalent to di- di-1 + trochaîos trochee