The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
Inciting; animating; encouraging. [R.]
--Johnson.(Pros.) Consisting of four short syllables; composed of feet of four short syllables each.
Wiktionary
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.