spondee meaning

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spondee (noun): a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables.

Definition of spondee

  1. a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables

    Type of: metrical foot

    Related forms: spondaic

Scrabble score: 10 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SP · words ending in EE · 7-letter words

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