Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
of or consisting of dactyls;
- Example: "dactylic meter"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dactylic \Dac*tyl"ic\ (d[a^]k*t[i^]l"[i^]k), a. [L. dactylicus,
Gr. daktyliko`s, fr. da`ktylos.]
Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as,
dactylic verses.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dactylic \Dac*tyl"ic\, n.
1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these
lines are dactylics.
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2. pl. Dactylic meters.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dactylic
adj 1: of or consisting of dactyls; "dactylic meter"