What is the meaning of Dactylic?

  • (n.) Dactylic meters.
  • (n.) A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
  • (a.) Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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