dactyl

One entry found for dactyl.

Main Entry: dac·tyl
Pronunciation: 'dak-t^&l, -"til
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English dactile, from Latin dactylus, from Greek daktylos, literally, finger; from the fact that the first of three syllables is the longest, like the joints of the finger
: a metrical foot consisting of one long and two short syllables or of one stressed and two unstressed syllables (as in tenderly)
- dac·tyl·ic /dak-'ti-lik/ adjective or noun