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Priapean Moderate

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Noun
1

A kind of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three metrical feet each, generally having a trochee in the first and fourth feet and an amphimacer in the third; applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each.

Adjective
1

Of or relating to Priapus or Priapos (Ancient Greek: Πρίαπος), a minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male genitalia.

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ean yean jean sean dean pean kean lean wean hean rean zean bean mean rhean paean skean uvean arean quean
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