Trochees - English meaning
Trochees – definitions in English dictionary
nounA foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable.
Usage examples:
Although not one line of iambic hexameter appears, lines sometimes begin with a trochee or spondee …
nounA rhythm in poetry with one long or strong syllable and one short or weak syllable
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Word origin
late 16th century: via Latin from Greek trokhaios (pous) ‘running (foot)’, from trekhein ‘to run’.
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