dactylic

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dækˈtɪlɪk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dak til′ik)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dac•tyl•ic  (dak til′ik),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Poetryof, containing, or characterized by dactyls:dactylic hexameter; a dactylic line.
  2. Poetryof a dactyl.

n. 
  1. Poetrya dactylic verse.
  • Greek daktylikós. See dactyl, -ic
  • Latin dactylicus
  • 1580–90
dac•tyl′i•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dactylic / dækˈtɪlɪk/
  1. of, relating to, or having a dactyl: dactylic verse
  1. a variant of dactyl1
dacˈtylically
'dactylic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Alcmanic verse - Archilochian - comma - dactyl - elegiac - heroic verse - hexameter - meter

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