adj.
Pronunciation: al- ' k ā -ik
Function: adjective
Usage: often cap
Etymology: Late Latin Alcaicus of Alcaeus, from Greek Alkaïkos, from Alkaios Alcaeus, flourished about 600 B.C. Greek poet
Date: circa 1637
: relating to or written in a verse or strophe marked by complicated variation of a dominant iambic pattern
– alcaic noun often cap