ditrochee

English

Etymology

Latin ditrochaeus, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

ditrochee (plural ditrochees)

1. (poetry) A double trochee; a metrical foot made up of two trochees.

References

• “ditrochee”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.