adonic line

1. 1.

   a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis

   SynonymsAdonic

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Questions about adonic line

What does adonic line mean?

adonic line means "a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis".

What is another word for adonic line?

Close synonyms include Adonic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adonic line a common word?

adonic line is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.