English Explanatory Dictionary

paroemiac

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A catalectic anapestic dimeter.

Word forms

paroemiac paroemiacs paremiac parœmiac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παροιμιακόν (paroimiakón, noun) and παροιμιακός (paroimiakós, adjective), from παροιμία (paroimía, “proverb”).

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