Etymology

Glyconian

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Today it means: A kind of verse in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, consisting of a spondee, a choriambus, and a pyrrhic. Full definition →

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The story

From Glycon + -ian. Named after Glycon, an Ancient Greek poet, said to have written in this form.

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