Associations to the word «Dactylic»

Wiktionary

DACTYLIC, adjective. Of or consisting of dactyls.
DACTYLIC, adjective. Of a dactyl.
DACTYLIC, noun. A dactylic verse.
DACTYLIC RHYME, noun. Rhyme composed of dactyls
DACTYLIC RHYMES, noun. Plural of dactylic rhyme

Dictionary definition

DACTYLIC, adjective. Of or consisting of dactyls; "dactylic meter".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope