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DISPONDEE

\dɪspˈɒndiː], \dɪspˈɒndiː], \d_ɪ_s_p_ˈɒ_n_d_iː]\

Definitions of DISPONDEE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A double spondee, consisting of four long syllables.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

d[=i]-spon'd[=e], n. a double spondee.--adj. DISPOND[=A]'IC.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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