Definition of dactyl
:a metrical foot consisting of one long and two short syllables or of one stressed and two unstressed syllables (as in tenderly)
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Origin and Etymology of dactyl
Middle English dactile, from Latin dactylus, from Greek daktylos, literally, finger; from the fact that the first of three syllables is the longest, like the joints of the finger
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Definition of dactyl-
:finger :toe :digit
- dactylology
Origin and Etymology of dactyl-
Greek daktyl-, daktylo-, from daktylos
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