See Also: Dactyl(medicine)
Dactyl, dactyl(health)
dactyl(dictionary)
dactyl(dictionary)

dactyl (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: dactylus, from Greek daktylos 'finger' (because of the length of the three finger-joints)]
a repeated sound pattern in poetry, consisting of one long sound followed by two short sounds, as in the word 'carefully'
-- dactylic /dAk5tIlIk/ adj