duple

English

Etymology

From Latin duplus (“twofold, double”). Attested since the 16th century. Doublet of double.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːpəl

Adjective

duple (not comparable)

1. (rare) Double.
2. (of time or music) Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure.
3. (poetry) Having two beats in each foot.
   • 2015, Ben Lerner, “Diary”, in London Review of Books, volume 38, number 12:

     McGonagall is earnestly trying to gather the resources of a metrical tradition, not subvert it, but the mismatch of duple and triple measure in the first line alone means that, while it’s made of recognisable metrical feet, the line doesn’t feel like it belongs to any specific metrical pattern (iambic, dactylic, anapestic etc) or mode (pastoral, elegy or ballad).

Synonyms

• (double): duplicate, twosome; see also Thesaurus:twofold

Anagrams

• puled, upled

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Interlingua

Adjective

duple (not comparable)

1. double

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Italian

Adjective

duple

1. feminine plural of duplo

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) duple

1. vocative masculine singular of duplus