proceleusmatic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin proceleusmaticus, from Ancient Greek προκελευσματικός (prokeleusmatikós), to rouse to action beforehand, to incite.
Noun[edit]
proceleusmatic (plural proceleusmatics)
- (poetry) A metrical foot consisting of four short syllables.
Adjective[edit]
proceleusmatic (comparative more proceleusmatic, superlative most proceleusmatic)
- Inciting; animating; encouraging.
- 1775, Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland:
- The ancient proceleusmatic song , by which the rowers of gallies were animated , may be supposed to have been of this kind
- (poetry, not comparable) Consisting of four short syllables; composed of metrical feet of four short syllables each.
Translations[edit]
consisting of four short syllables
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