ALCAIC


Meaning of ALCAIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ al-ˈkā-ik ]

adjective

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: Late Latin Alcaicus of Alcaeus, from Greek Alkaïkos, from Alkaios Alcaeus, fl ab 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 capitalized

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