Standard Lemma guide
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adj
of or consisting of dactyls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
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noun
a dactylic verse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
of or consisting of dactyls
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree English dactyl Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English dactylic From dactyl + -ic.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
