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From Glycon + -ian. Named after Glycon, an Ancient Greek poet, said to have written in this form.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A kind of verse in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, consisting of a spondee, a choriambus, and a pyrrhic. Full definition →
From Glycon + -ian. Named after Glycon, an Ancient Greek poet, said to have written in this form.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.