D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Dactylic

/(dăk*tĭl"ĭk)/ · Dac·tyl·ic · IPA /dækˈtɪ.lɪk/
01 a. Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.
02 n. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
  1. 1.
    A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
  2. 2.
    Dactylic meters.