ditrochean

D2I1T1R1O1C3H4E1A1N1

adjective

Consisting of two trochees.

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Meanings

adjectiveditrochean (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesConsisting of two trochees.

    As has been said above, the quadrisyllable is hard to pronounce without giving to the ear a ditrochean sound.

    1951, AH Ashcroft, “Vergil's Hexameter Line”, in Greece and Rome, volumes 20-22, page 110
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    Among adjectival forms, "dactylic" is dactylic in one pronunciation and " ditrochean" (why not "ditrochaic" ?) is ditrochean.

    1976, Albert Ross Eckler, Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics

Origin

From di- + trochee + -an.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

ditrochean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ditrochean

MLA

“ditrochean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ditrochean. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ditrochean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ditrochean.

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