|yüˌpälə|dēən, |yüpəl-; |yüpə|lidē- noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Greek eupolideion Eupolidean (from neuter of eupolideios in the style of Eupolis, from Eupolid-, Eupolis Eupolis, 5th century B.C. Greek writer of comedies) + English -an
: the characteristic meter used by Eupolis composed of two polyschematist choriambic dimeters the second of which is catalectic (as oooo-˘˘- oooo-˘-)