SKELTONICS

Meaning of SKELTONICS in English

skelˈtäniks noun plural

Usage: usually capitalized

: short verses of an irregular meter much used by John Skelton having two or three stresses arranged sometimes in falling and sometimes in rising rhythm and usually rhymed in couplets

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SKELTONICS — noun plural Etymology: John Skelton Date: 1898 short verses of an irregular meter with two or three stresses sometimes in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SKELTONICS — noun plural Etymology: John Skelton Date: 1898 : short verses of an irregular meter with two or three stresses sometimes …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKELTONICS — [Skel.ton.ics] n pl [John Skelton] (1898): short verses of an irregular meter with two or three stresses sometimes in falling …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKELTONICS — short verses of an irregular metre much used by the Tudor poet John Skelton. The verses have two or three …
Britannica English vocabulary
SKELTONICS — Pronunciation: skel- ' tä-niks Function: noun plural Etymology: John Skelton Date: 1898 : short verses of an irregular meter with …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKELTON, JOHN — born с 1460 died June 21, 1529, London, Eng. English poet. Appointed court poet to Henry VII in 1489, Skelton …
Английский словарь Британика
SKELTONIC — (ˈ)skel|tänik adjective or skel·ton·i·cal -nə̇kəl Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: John Skelton + English -ic or -ical : of, relating to, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKELTON, JOHN — born c. 1460 died June 21, 1529, London John Skelton, detail of the frontispiece to The Garlande of Laurelle, printed …
Britannica English vocabulary
SKELTON, JOHN — born 0441; 1460 died June 21, 1529, London, Eng. English poet. Appointed court poet to Henry VII in 1489, Skelton …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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