spondaic
[ spon-dey-ik ]
/ spɒnˈdeɪ ɪk /
adjective Prosody.
Sometimes
spon·da·i·cal.
Words nearby spondaic
spokeswoman,
spokewise,
spolia opima,
spoliate,
spoliation,
spondaic,
spondee,
spondulicks,
spondulix,
spondylalgia,
spondylarthritis
Example sentences from the Web for spondaic
If a line ends with two spondees it is a spondaic hexameter.
Critical & Historical Essays |Edward MacDowellThe result so far attained has been unsatisfactory, for the rhythms are all given as spondaic.
Critical & Historical Essays |Edward MacDowellHis versification is often hard and spondaic, the elisions too frequent, and the csura too much neglected.
Note also the spondaic effect in the second line, the rime in the third, and the imitative movement in the fourth.
The Principles of English Versification |Paull Franklin Baum
British Dictionary definitions for spondaic
spondaic
/ (spɒnˈdeɪɪk) /
adjective
prosody
of, relating to, or consisting of spondees