Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who writes dactylic verse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A writer of dactylic verse.
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- noun A
writer ofdactylic verse .
Etymologies
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dactyl + -ist
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Examples
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He is undoubtedly a ** sonorous dactylist'* — and to him I add Mr. Jenner, Proctor of the Commons, and Commissary of St. PauVs, who is a gentleman of indefatigable politeness in opening the Archives of a
The Rolliad, in Two Parts: Probationary Odes for the Laureatship; and Political Eclogues and ... 1812
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