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Adonic line Uncommon

Noun

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Noun
1

a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis

Broader Terms (hypernyms)
verse
Rhyming Words
ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine nine tine cine meine reine
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