partheniac

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adjective

anapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac

OriginAncient Greek παρθένος →
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Meanings

partheniac1

adjectivepartheniac (not comparable)

alternative Partheniac

  1. of or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter
    1. Ancient Greeknot comparableobsoletecommunicationsanapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac
    2. Ancient Greeknot comparableobsoletecommunicationsanapestic trimeter hypercatalectic
    3. Ancient Greeknot comparableobsoletecommunicationsanapestic tetrameter catalectic
nounpartheniac (plural partheniacs)

plural partheniacs · alternative Partheniac

  1. Ancient Greekobsoletecommunicationsa line of partheniac meter

Partheniac2

adjectivePartheniac (not comparable)

alternative partheniac

  1. Ancient Greekalternativenot comparableobsoletecommunicationsAlternative form of partheniac.
nounPartheniac (plural Partheniacs)

plural Partheniacs · alternative partheniac

  1. Ancient GreekalternativeobsoletecommunicationsAlternative form of partheniac.

Origin

partheniac · adjective, noun

  1. Ancient Greekπαρθένος“maiden; virgin”
  2. Englishpartheniac

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden; virgin”) + -ac.

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Partheniac · adjective, noun

  1. Ancient Greekπαρθένος“maiden; virgin”
  2. EnglishPartheniac

From Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden; virgin”) + -ac.

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