| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Alcaic |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Al·ca·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l-k   k |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of, relating to, or being a verse form used in Greek and Latin poetry, consisting of strophes having four tetrametric lines. | | NOUN: | Verse composed in strophes of four tetrametric lines. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin Alcaicus, of Alcaeus, from Greek Alkaïkos, from Alkaios, Alcaeus.
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