logaoedic

[ law-guh-ee-dik, log-uh- ]
/ ˌlɔ gəˈi dɪk, ˌlɒg ə- /
Prosody

adjective

composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose.

noun

a logaoedic verse.

Origin of logaoedic

1835–45; < Late Latin logaoedicus < Greek logaoidikós. See log-, ode, -ic

Words nearby logaoedic

loganberry, logania, logania family, loganiaceous, logansport, logaoedic, logaphasia, logarithm, logarithmic, logarithmic function, logasthenia

British Dictionary definitions for logaoedic

logaoedic
/ (in classical prosody ˌlɒɡəˈiːdɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to verse in which mixed metres are combined within a single line to give the effect of prose

noun

a line or verse of this kind

Word Origin for logaoedic

C19: via Late Latin from Greek logaoidikos, from logos speech + aoidē poetry