Main Entry: al·ca·ic

Pronunciation: \al-ˈkā-ik\

Function: adjective

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: Late Latin Alcaicus of Alcaeus, from Greek Alkaïkos, from Alkaios Alcaeus, fl ab 600 b.c. Greek poet

Date: circa 1637

: relating to or written in a verse or strophe marked by complicated variation of a dominant iambic pattern

— alcaic noun often capitalized