Real Dictionary

Alcaic in American English
of Alcaeus or in the form of his verse
verse by Alcaeus or in his metrical patterns, consisting of four-stanza odes, with four lines to a stanza
adjective: pertaining to Alcaeus or to certain meters or a form of strophe or stanza used by, or named after, him
noun

Alcaic in British English
adjective: of or relating to a metre used by the 7th-century bc Greek lyric poet Alcaeus, consisting of a strophe of four lines each with four feet
noun: verse written in the Alcaic form