trochee
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French trochée, via Latin trochaeus from the Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), derived from τρέχω (trékhō, “run”).
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trochee (plural trochees)
- A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.
- 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 152:
- ‘He made us read James Fenton on the genius of the trochee.’
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a metrical foot
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