n.
Pronunciation: ' dak-t ə l, - ˌ til
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English dactile, from Latin dactylus, from Greek daktylos, literally, finger; from the fact that the first of three syllables is the longest, like the joints of the finger
Date: 14th century
: a metrical foot consisting of one long and two short syllables or of one stressed and two unstressed syllables (as in tenderly )
– dac · tyl · ic \ dak- ' ti-lik \ adjective or noun