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Proceleusmatic

Proceleusmatic \Proc`e*leus*mat"ic\, n. (Pros.) A foot consisting of four short syllables.

Proceleusmatic

Proceleusmatic \Proc`e*leus*mat"ic\, a. [L. proceleusmaticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to rouse to action beforehand; ? + ? to incite; cf. F. proc['e]leusmatique.]

  1. Inciting; animating; encouraging. [R.]
    --Johnson.

  2. (Pros.) Consisting of four short syllables; composed of feet of four short syllables each.

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proceleusmatic

a. 1 Inciting; animating; encouraging. 2 (context poetry not comparable English) Consisting of four short syllables; composed of metrical foot of four short syllables each. n. (context poetry English) A metrical foot consisting of four short syllables.