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1. (n.) spondee
a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME sponde < L spondēus < Gk spondeîos, der. of spondē libation (spondees were a feature of hymns sung during libations))
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1. (noun) spondee
a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
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1. (noun) spondee
a poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges
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