Associations to the word «Spondee»

Wiktionary

SPONDEE, noun. A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.

Dictionary definition

SPONDEE, noun. A metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke