double dactyl

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short, usually humorous poem with eight lines in dactylic meter; a higgledy-piggledy.
    — Higgledy-piggledies are more sophisticated than clerihews: they comprise double dactyls and rhymes and aren't always biographical.

词形变化

double dactyls plural double-dactyl alternative

词源

Coined by poets Anthony Hecht and Paul Pascal; compound of double + dactyl.
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