SPONDEE


Meaning of SPONDEE in English

n. Prosody a foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables.

[ ME f. OF spondee or L spondeus f. Gk spondeios (pous foot) f. sponde libation, as being characteristic of music accompanying libations ]

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