dactylist

English

Etymology

dactyl +‎ -ist

Noun

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.

References

• “dactylist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.