dactylist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dactyl +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

dactylist (plural dactylists)

  1. A writer of dactylic verse.
    • 1978, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      For these following efforts, composed more or less off-the-cuff, I make no greater claim than that they serve my present purpose, which is to challenge the dogmatic anapaestists and dactylists alike.

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