dichoree Pros.
(ˌdaɪkɒˈriː)
[a. F. dichorée (1736 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. dichorē-us, a. Gr. διχόρει-ος, f. δι-, di-2 + χορεῖος: see choree.]
A metrical foot consisting of two chorees or trochees.
| 1801 D. Irving Elem. Composition x. (1828) 109 Its music consisted in the dichoree with which it is terminated. 1885 R. C. Jebb Œdipus Tyrannus p. lxxxi, When the ionic –– ˘˘..is interchanged with the dichoree – ˘ – ˘. |