'Dactylic' definitions:
Definition of 'dactylic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or consisting of dactyls; "dactylic meter"
Definition of 'Dactylic'
From: GCIDE
- Dactylic \Dac*tyl"ic\ (d[a^]k*t[i^]l"[i^]k), a. [L. dactylicus, Gr. daktyliko`s, fr. da`ktylos.] Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dactylic'
From: GCIDE
- Dactylic \Dac*tyl"ic\, n.
- 1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. Dactylic meters. [1913 Webster]