Look up: Spondee

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   Spondee
   A foot consisting of two long or stressed syllables e.g. as in 'PANCAKE'.
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   spondee
   [n] - a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
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   Spondee
   Spon'dee noun [ Latin spondeus , Greek ... (sc. ...), from ... a drink offering, libation, from ... to pour out, make a libation: confer French spondée . So called because at libations slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.] (pros.) A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word lēgēs .
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/170
   
   
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   spondee
   A bisyllabic word with generally equivalent stress on each of the two syllables; used in the testing of speech hearing. ... Origin: Fr. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   spondee
   noun a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
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   Spondee
   In poetry, a `spondee` is a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables, as determined by syllable weight in classical meters, or two stressed syllables, as determined by stress in modern meters. This makes it somewhat unique in English verse as most other feet contain at least one unstressed syllable. It is unrealistic to construct a whole, serious poem with spondees. Consequently, spondees mainly occur as variants within, say, an anapaestic...
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   Spondee
   • (n.) A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.
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   spondee
   metrical foot consisting of two long (as in classical verse) or stressed (as in English verse) syllables occurring together. The term was derived ... [3 related articles]
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/143
   
   
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   spondee
   a metrical foot consisting of two accented syllables / ' ' /. An example of a spondaic word is 'hog-wild.' The di-spondee / ' ' ' ' / is a Classical Greek and Latin metrical foot.
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