cretic

English

Etymology

From Latin Crēticus, "of Crete, Cretan", from Crēta, "Crete".

Adjective

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In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream the fairy speaks: "Over hill, Over Dale." (Thus the line has six syllables and naturally is spoken as "OV-er HILL/OV-er DALE.")

cretic (not comparable)

  1. Using or relating to a metrical pattern of poetry where each foot is composed of three syllables, the first and third of which are stressed and the second is unstressed. This pattern is very rare in English poetry.

Noun

cretic (plural cretics)

  1. A verse of this kind.

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