English Explanatory Dictionary

partheniac

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. of or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter
  2. anapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac
  3. anapestic trimeter hypercatalectic
  4. anapestic tetrameter catalectic
noun
  1. a line of partheniac meter
adj
  1. Alternative form of partheniac.
noun
  1. Alternative form of partheniac.

Word forms

partheniac partheniacs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden; virgin”) + -ac.

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