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dactyl Noun Prosody a metrical foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short [Greek daktulos finger, comparing the finger's three joints to the three syllables] dactylic adj dactyl a digit; a finger or toe. See also measurement. See also: Fingers and Toesa foot of three syllables, the flrst long or accented, the following two short or unaccented. — dactylist, n. — dactylic, adj. See also: Verse
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Pain is always by the side of joy, the spondee by the dactyl. The abbe, who was quite innocent of Latin, nodded his head, in cadence, at every roll which La Fontaine impressed upon his body, according to the undulations of the dactyls and spondees. |
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