About The Word Trochee
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Trochee
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What's The Definition Of Trochee?
[n] a metrical unit with stressed-stressed-unstressed syllables
Synonyms | Synonyms for Trochee: Related Terms | Find terms related to Trochee: See Also | foot | metrical foot | metrical unit Trochee In Webster's Dictionary \Tro"chee\, n. [L. trochaeus, Gr. ? (sc.?), from ?
running, from ? to run. Cf. {Troche}, {Truck} a wheel.]
(Pros.)
A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short,
as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the
second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
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