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Pha·lae·ce·an | \ ¦falə¦sēən \
plural -s
Definition of Phalaecean
: a hendecasyllabic verse in Greek and Latin prosody that is a glyconic with three additional syllables forming a single bacchius or an iambic dipody catalectic : a logaoedic verse of five feet the first of which is indeterminate, the second a dactyl, and the last three trochees
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