Associations to the word «Trochaic»

Wiktionary

TROCHAIC, adjective. Referring to poetry composed of trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
TROCHAIC, noun. A poetical composition of this kind.

Dictionary definition

TROCHAIC, adjective. Of or consisting of trochees; "trochaic dactyl".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne