logaoedic

logaoedic
/law'geuh ee"dik, log'euh-/, Pros.
adj.
1. composed of dactyls and trochees or of anapests and iambs, producing a movement somewhat suggestive of prose.
n.
2. a logaoedic verse.
[1835-45; < LL logaoedicus < Gk logaoidikós. See LOG-, ODE, -IC]

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