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ADONIC LINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis
Synonyms:
Adonic; Adonic line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Adonic line" is a kind of...):
verse; verse line (a line of metrical text)
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