choree Pros.
(kɒˈriː)
Also 6 chore.
[Corresp. to mod.F. chorée, ad. L. chorēus, a. Gr. χορεῖος a., pertaining to a dance, n. a choree or trochee.]
The metrical foot more commonly called trochee, consisting of a long syllable followed by a short one. Hence choˈreic a., characterized by chorees.
| 1586 W. Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 81 Thys verse consisteth of..one Chore, one spondæ, one dactyl, and two Choreis. 1883 Jebb Œdipus Tyran. Introd. 72 The metrical basis of the rhythm is the choree, or trochee. Ibid., The essential difference between choreic and logaoedic rhythm is that of ictus. |