See Also: rhopalic(dictionary)

rhopalic (iou)



rhopalic adjective & noun. L17.
[Late Latin rhopalicus, from Greek rhopalos club, tapered cudgel: see -IC.]
Prosody.
A. adjective. Of a passage or line of verse: in which each word contains one syllable more than the word immediately preceding it. L17.
b. noun. A rhopalic line or passage. M20.