spondees

spon·dee (sp

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A metrical foot consisting of two long or stressed syllables.

[Middle English sponde, from Old French spondee, from Latin spondum, from neuter of spondus, of libations, spondaic, from Greek spondeios, from spond, libation (from its use in songs performed at libations); see spend- in Indo-European roots.]

spondee [ˈspɒndiː]

(Literature / Poetry) Prosody a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (¯ ¯)

[from Old French spondée, from Latin spondēus, from Greek spondeios, from spondē a ritual libation; from the use of spondee in the music that characteristically accompanied such ceremonies]

spondee

a foot of two syllables, both long or stressed. — spondiac, adj.

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