'Rhopalic' definitions:

Definition of 'Rhopalic'

From: GCIDE
  • Rhopalic \Rho*pal"ic\, a. [Gr. ???? club-shaped; fr. ??? a club: cf. F. rhopalique.] (Pros.) Applied to a line or verse in which each successive word has one more syllable than the preceding. [1913 Webster]