English Explanatory Dictionary

double dactyl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A short, usually humorous poem with eight lines in dactylic meter; a higgledy-piggledy.

Word forms

double dactyl double dactyls double-dactyl

Etymology

Coined by poets Anthony Hecht and Paul Pascal; compound of double + dactyl.

Synonyms

higgledy-piggledy
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