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Rhopalic

Rho-pal′ic

,

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] club-shaped; fr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a club: cf. F.

rhopalique

.]

(Pros.)

Applied to a line or verse in which each successive word has one more syllable than the preceding.