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| spon·dee [ spón d ] (plural spon·dees) |
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unit of poetic rhythm: a metrical foot of two long or stressed syllables
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| [14th century. Via French< Greek spondeios "libational" < spondē "libation"; because the spondee was often used in songs accompanying libations] |
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