Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In prosody, a foot composed of one short and two long syllables, with the ictus on the first long, as in ăvā′ rī, ăbōve′ bōard. See antibacchius and hemiolic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Pros.) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun prosody A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word bacchius.

Examples

  • For your foote bacchius of a short & two long ye haue these and the like words trisillables [lamenting] [requesting] [renouncing] [repentance] [entering].

    The Arte of English Poesie 1569

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.