spondee
[ spon-dee ]
/ ˈspɒn di /
noun Prosody.
a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter. Symbol: 
Origin of spondee
1350–1400; Middle English
sponde < Latin
spondēus < Greek
spondeîos, derivative of
spondḗ libation
Words nearby spondee
spokewise,
spolia opima,
spoliate,
spoliation,
spondaic,
spondee,
spondulicks,
spondulix,
spondylalgia,
spondylarthritis,
spondylitis
Example sentences from the Web for spondee
British Dictionary definitions for spondee
spondee
/ (ˈspɒndiː) /
noun
prosody
a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (– –)
Word Origin for spondee
C14: from Old French
spondée, from Latin
spondēus, from Greek
spondeios, from
spondē a ritual libation; from the use of spondee in the music that characteristically accompanied such ceremonies
Medical definitions for spondee
spondee
[ spŏn′dē′ ]
n.
A word or metrical foot having two equally stressed syllables, used in testing speech and hearing.