SKELTONICS

Meaning of SKELTONICS in English

Pronunciation: skel- ' tä-niks

Function: noun plural

Etymology: John Skelton

Date: 1898

: short verses of an irregular meter with two or three stresses sometimes in falling and sometimes in rising rhythm and usually with rhymed couplets

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

SKELTONICS — noun plural Etymology: John Skelton Date: 1898 short verses of an irregular meter with two or three stresses sometimes in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SKELTONICS — skelˈtäniks noun plural Usage: usually capitalized : short verses of an irregular meter much used by John Skelton having two …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKELTONICS — noun plural Etymology: John Skelton Date: 1898 : short verses of an irregular meter with two or three stresses sometimes …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKELTONICS — [Skel.ton.ics] n pl [John Skelton] (1898): short verses of an irregular meter with two or three stresses sometimes in falling …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKELTONICS — short verses of an irregular metre much used by the Tudor poet John Skelton. The verses have two or three …
Britannica English vocabulary
SKELTON, JOHN — born с 1460 died June 21, 1529, London, Eng. English poet. Appointed court poet to Henry VII in 1489, Skelton …
Английский словарь Британика
SKELTONIC — (ˈ)skel|tänik adjective or skel·ton·i·cal -nə̇kəl Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: John Skelton + English -ic or -ical : of, relating to, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKELTON, JOHN — born c. 1460 died June 21, 1529, London John Skelton, detail of the frontispiece to The Garlande of Laurelle, printed …
Britannica English vocabulary
SKELTON, JOHN — born 0441; 1460 died June 21, 1529, London, Eng. English poet. Appointed court poet to Henry VII in 1489, Skelton …
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