Meaning Of The Word Spondee

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spondee in American English
a metrical foot of two long or accented syllables
noun: a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter

spondee in British English
noun: a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (– –)

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