I. (ˈ)al|kāik adjective
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Late Latin Alcaicus of Alcaeus, from Greek Alkaïkos, from Alkaios (Alcaeus) fl ab 600 B.C. Greek lyric poet who used such verse forms + Greek -ikos -ic
: relating to or written in verse or strophe marked by complicated variation of a dominant iambic pattern by initial anacrusis and by spondees, trochees, and dactyls used mostly in medial or final positions
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
: alcaic meter : an alcaic verse or strophe