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Dactylic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to or consisting of dactyls; as dactylic verses; a dactylic flute, a flute consisting of unequal intervals.

Dactylic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.

Dactylic [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.

2. Dactylic meters.