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SPONDEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("spondee" is a kind of...):
foot; metrical foot; metrical unit ((prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm)
Derivation:
spondaic (of or consisting of spondees)
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