Sotadic

English

Etymology

Sotades +‎ -ic

Adjective

Sotadic (comparative more Sotadic, superlative most Sotadic)

1. Relating to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions of the Ancient Greek poet Sotades.

Derived terms

• Sotadic zone

Noun

Sotadic (plural Sotadics)

1. (poetry) A Sotadic verse or poem.
2. A verse comprising six trochees, a trochaic trimeter.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Sotadic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• dacoits